Hypokalemic quadriparesis and rhabdomyolysis as a rare presen-tation of distal renal tubular acidosis

Distal renal tubular acidosis is a syndrome of abnormal urine acidification and is characterized by hyperchlo-remic metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypercalciurea, nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis. Despite the pres-ence of persistent hypokalemia, acute muscular paralysis is rarely encountered in males. Here, we will report an eighteen year old male patient who presented with flaccid quadriparesis and was subsequently found to have rhabdomyolysis, severe short stature, skeletal deformities and primary distal renal tubular acidosis.