Poornima Nair

Abstract

Hypokalemic paralysis is a rare complication of distal renal tubular acidosis from any cause. Those cases diagnosed to have primary Sjogren’s syndrome is rare. Renal tubular acidosis caused by tubulointerstitial nephropathy is an extra glandular manifestation of primary Sjogren’s syndrome. We report three cases of flaccid quadriparesis diagnosed to have hypokalemia due to distal renal tubular acidosis and on furthur evaluation turned out to be Sjogren’s syndrome.   Keywords: Primary Sjogren’s syndrome, Distal renal tubular acidosis, Hypokalemic paralysis

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