Acquired Gitelman's syndrome: an oxymoron?

Int Urol Nephrol. 2011 Mar;43(1):233-6. doi: 10.1007/s11255-010-9727-6. Epub 2010 Mar 21.

Abstract

We present the case of a 27-year-old woman with end stage renal disease from Diabetes Mellitus type 1 who had been on hemodialysis for a year. Her father, who was otherwise healthy, was evaluated as a possible living donor. Incidentally, during the workup process, he was identified as having Gitelman's syndrome (GS). The transplant proceeded without any complications, following which the recipient developed biochemical abnormalities consistent with GS. Both donor and recipient are doing well at this time. To our knowledge, this is the only known case of kidney donation by a patient with GS either living or deceased.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gitelman Syndrome / complications
  • Gitelman Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Gitelman Syndrome / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged