Pseudobartter and Hypertriglyceridemia in an Infant Presenting with Afebrile Convulsion: A Case of Cystic Fibrosis

Year 2012, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 31 - 32, 01.12.2012

Kayı Eliaçık Ali Kanık Maşallah Baran Neslihan Zengin Ali Rahmi Bakiler

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis is a multisystemic disorder which is mostly seen in white people and its inheritance is autosomal recessive. The precise incidence is not known but it is estimated between 1/2000-1/4000. Cystic fibrosis can effect many of the organs, so it can be presented with different features. Pseudo-Bartter's syndrome is one of these features and can be with the salt loss in hot weather. In this paper, a four-month-old infant presented with dehydration, convulsion, dullness and detected hypertrigliceridemia, hyponatremia, hypocalemia, hypochloremia in the summer time. With this case we would like to emphasize that seizure due to sodium depletion can be a presentation of cystic fibrosis during infancy.

Keywords

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome, convulsion, hypertriglyceridemia

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