Dysarthria in a patient with probable acquired chloridorrhea.

Abstract

The authors encountered a patient who had profound hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis after developing profuse diarrhea related to rejection of her small bowel transplant. Her ileostomy fluid showed massive electrolyte losses and was exceptionally high in chloride content. She improved with volume substitution and a proton pump inhibitor, although she subsequently required repeat small bowel transplant. The authors speculate that an impaired "downregulated in adenoma" gene (DRA) that enclodes an apical Cl(-)/HO(-)(HCO(3)) exchanger may have contributed to an acquired chloridorrhea in this patient.

• Authors: Manfred Marx, Christian Marx, Friedrich C Luft
• Journal: American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation (Am J Kidney Dis) Vol. 42 Issue 6 Pg. 1283-6 (Dec 2003) ISSN: 1523-6838 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 14655202 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiporters
• Bicarbonates
• Carrier Proteins
• Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters
• Chlorides
• Membrane Proteins
• SLC26A3 protein, human
• Sulfate Transporters

Topics

• Adult
• Alkalosis (etiology)
• Antiporters
• Bicarbonates (metabolism)
• Carrier Proteins (physiology)
• Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters
• Chlorides (metabolism)
• Consciousness Disorders (etiology)
• Crohn Disease (surgery)
• Diarrhea (complications)
• Dysarthria (etiology)
• Feces (chemistry)
• Female
• Graft Rejection (complications)
• Humans
• Ileostomy
• Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (etiology)
• Intestine, Small (transplantation)
• Membrane Proteins (physiology)
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Postoperative Complications (etiology)
• Reoperation
• Short Bowel Syndrome (surgery)
• Sulfate Transporters