Nephrocalcinosis as adult presentation of Bartter syndrome type II

Neth J Med. 2014 Feb;72(2):91-3.

Abstract

Bartter syndrome consists a group of rare autosomal-recessive renal tubulopathies characterised by renal salt wasting, hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis, hypercalciuria and hyperreninaemic hyperaldosteronism. It is classified into five types. Mutations in the KCNJ1 gene (classified as type II) usually cause the neonatal form of Bartter syndrome. We describe an adult patient with a homozygous KCNJ1 mutation resulting in a remarkably mild phenotype of neonatal type Bartter syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bartter Syndrome / complications*
  • Bartter Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Bartter Syndrome / genetics
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Nephrocalcinosis / diagnosis
  • Nephrocalcinosis / etiology*
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / genetics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • KCNJ1 protein, human
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying