Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gitelman syndrome (GS) is autosomal recessive disorder, characterised by hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis and low urinary calcium excretion. We report a case with final diagnosis of GS using the DNA analysis, presented with severe hypokalemia but normomagnesemia.Case report: A 47-year-old Japanese male presented to our hospital because of severe hypokalemia in the annual health check-up. Severe hypokalemia was pointed out in...

A 44 year-old female patient visited our department for the treatment of diabetes. Her diabetes was pointed out 1 year before and was resistant to the treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents. From around the same time, she complained of repeated attacks consist of headache, palpitation, sweating and nausea. She had suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder for 20 years and her psychiatrist recognized that these attacks were caused by some psychological problems such as panic...