[Hypokalemic myopathy with severe constipation in a patient routinely administered sodium polystyrene sulfonate and the spherical carbon adsorbent]

Chudoku Kenkyu. 2013 Mar;26(1):49-53.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

66-year-old man was hospitalized because of severe abdominal pain. He had been treated for chronic renal failure. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS) and the spherical carbon adsorbent AST-120 were routinely administered to him. However, after several treatments, his pain did not resolve and his serum creatine kinase concentration was markedly elevated, so he was transferred to our hospital. Before admission to the previous hospital, muscular weakness was noted in his extremities and those symptoms persisted. His serum potassium concentration was 1.6 mEq/L, and he was administered potassium. A lower gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed normal mucosa and SPS powder-like brownish-yellow stool containing AST-120 granules in the colorectum. After massive stool discharge, the patient's pain improved and his serum potassium concentration gradually increased. The patient was diagnosed with hypokalemic myopathy thought to be mainly caused by accumulation of SPS in the colorectum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / adverse effects*
  • Constipation / chemically induced*
  • Constipation / therapy
  • Defecation
  • Humans
  • Hypokalemia / chemically induced*
  • Hypokalemia / diagnosis
  • Hypokalemia / therapy
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Muscular Diseases / therapy
  • Oxides / adverse effects*
  • Polystyrenes / adverse effects*
  • Potassium / administration & dosage
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Polystyrenes
  • polystyrene sulfonic acid
  • Carbon
  • AST 120
  • Potassium