Severe electrolytes disorders with the interstitial kidney alterations in the patient with the history of total thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy: possible role of vitamin D deficiency.
Emi KawakitaKeizo KanasakiTaro HiraiShin-Ichi TsudaAi WatanabeKyoko NittaMunehiro KitadaYoshio OguraYuta TakagakiMizue FujiiTakako NagaiKeiji ShimadaSusumu TakagiYuiko MizunumaItaru MonnoFujimoto ShinoHiroshi MinatoNobuhiko MiyatakeAtsushi NakagawaDaisuke KoyaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Vitamin D plays vital role for the health, and its deficiency has been implicated in the diverse pathological conditions such as hypomagnesemia and abnormal immune system. Here, we present a case of severe electrolytes disorders (hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia etc.) and kidney damages associated with vitamin D deficiency.