Familial Hypokalemic Alkalosis: Gitelman’s Syndrome

Abstract

Gitelman’s syndrome is one of the major variant of familial hypokalemic alkalosis syndromes, presenting with hypocalciuria, hypomagnesemia, and sodium and cloride wasting, which results in hyperreninemia and hyperaldosteronism. It is not associated with hypertension. It is usually benign and diagnosed in adults. It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, and is genetically homogeneous. We report a patient who is 25 years old female with metabolic alkalosis, resistant hypokalemia, and normal blood pressure.