Matsui Rena, Gojo Maika, Odajima Kohei, Asakawa Shinichiro, Arai Shigeyuki, Yamazaki Osamu, Tamura Yoshifuru, Numakura Satoe, Oshima Yasutoshi, Ohashi Ryuji, Shibata Shigeru, Fujigaki Yoshihide
Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan.
Department of Pathology, Teikyo University Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2025 Apr 1;64(7):1067-1074. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4152-24. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
A 42-year-old woman presented with muscle weakness and hypokalemic distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). Investigations revealed concurrent Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis contributing to hypokalemic dRTA. A renal biopsy revealed focal tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) suggestive of SS-related renal involvement, along with distinctive ischemic glomerular changes and tubular alterations consistent with hypokalemic nephropathy. Rapid improvement in tubular injury markers and hypobicarbonemia followed potassium supplementation, suggesting that hypokalemia contributed to proximal tubular injury. This case underscores the diagnostic challenge posed by the simultaneous presence of TIN and hypokalemic nephropathy, potentially masking hypokalemic nephropathy in patients with hypokalemic dRTA secondary to SS-TIN.
一名42岁女性出现肌肉无力和低钾性远端肾小管酸中毒(dRTA)。检查发现同时患有干燥综合征(SS)和桥本甲状腺炎,这导致了低钾性dRTA。肾活检显示局灶性肾小管间质性肾炎(TIN),提示与SS相关的肾脏受累,同时伴有独特的缺血性肾小球改变和与低钾性肾病一致的肾小管改变。补充钾后,肾小管损伤标志物和低碳酸氢血症迅速改善,表明低钾血症导致近端肾小管损伤。该病例强调了TIN和低钾性肾病同时存在所带来的诊断挑战,这可能会掩盖继发于SS - TIN的低钾性dRTA患者的低钾性肾病。