Table 3: Complications in patients with Gitelman syndrome.
• Cardiac arrhythmias and prolonged QT interval due to coexistent hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia • Chondrocalcinosis leading to pseudogout • Sclerochoroidal calcifications • Renal dysfunction (hypokalemic nephropathy or due to hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism) • Glucose intolerance due to coexistent hypokalemia/hypomagnesemia (rarely) • Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis (very rare) |