Iatreia (Jul 2015)

Relapsing and difficult to control hypokalemia in a patient with acute lymphoid leukemia

  • Nieto-Ríos, John Fredy,
  • Serna-Higuita, Lina María,
  • Valencia-Chicué, Libardo Humberto,
  • Ocampo-Kohn, Catalina ,
  • Aristizábal-Alzate, Arbey,
  • Zuluaga-Valencia, Gustavo Adolfo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v28n3a09
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 3
pp. 312 – 317

Abstract

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Hypokalemia is an electrolytic disorder, in some occasions difficult to control. When severe, it may be life-threatening. We report the case of a patient with relapse of acute lymphoid leukemia, who presented to the hospital with flaccid paralysis associated with severe hypokalemia. The cause was a tubulopathy associated with leukemic infiltration of the kidneys.

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