Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with renal tubular acidosis in Southern part of West Bengal, India: A retrospective study
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- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medknow in Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 25 (2), 121-128
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.ijem_785_20
Abstract
Purpose of the Study: Reversible proximal tubular dysfunction associated with distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) mimics type 3 RTA, a condition classically associated with features of both proximal RTA (pRTA) and dRTA. Proximal tubulopathy has been reported in children with primary dRTA, but the data in adults are lacking. Study Design: In this hospital record-based retrospective study, data from 66 consecutive cases of RTA, between January 2016 to December 2018, were retrieved and analyzed. Results: Mean age of the study population was 25.3 years (range: 3 months to 73 years). Six (9.1%) of them had pRTA, 58 (87.9%) had dRTA, 1 (1.5%) had type 3 RTA, and the remaining 1 (1.5%) had type 4 RTA. Ten patients (17.2%) with dRTA and 3 patients of pRTA (50%) had underlying secondary etiologies. Data on proximal tubular dysfunction were available for 30 patients with dRTA, of whom 1 had isolated dRTA, and the rest 29 patients had accompanying completely reversible proximal tubular dysfunction. Among the 10 cases of secondary dRTA, 6 were not evaluated for proximal tubular dysfunction. Of the remaining 4, 3 had reversible form of proximal tubular abnormality. Fifty-two patients with dRTA came from a population, indigenous to the “Rarh” region of India. Conclusions: Proximal tubular dysfunction often accompanies dRTA; 75% of the children with primary dRTA, at least 29% of adults with primary dRTA, and at least 30% of adults with secondary dRTA manifest such completely reversible form of proximal tubulopathy. “Rarh' region of India probably is a hotspot for endemic dRTA.Keywords
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