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CASE REPORT
Primary presentation with acute flaccid quadriparesis in Sjogren's syndrome sans sicca
  1. Sowjanya Dasari1,
  2. Kushal Naha1,
  3. G Vivek2,
  4. Vasudev Acharya1,
  5. Manjunath Hande1
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  1. Correspondence to G Vivek, vivekgraman{at}gmail.com

Summary

We report the case of a 40-year-old housewife, who presented with vomiting since past 5 days and weakness of all four limbs since 1 day. Clinical examination confirmed the presence of flaccid quadriparesis with preserved tendon reflexes. Routine laboratory parameters showed severe hypokalaemia. On further evaluation she was diagnosed to have type 1 renal tubular acidosis secondary to Sjogren's syndrome. Sicca symptoms were conspicuous by their absence.

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