Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis can be the Cause of Hypokalemia in Graves’ Disease: A Rare Association

Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) may rarely occur in the course of autoimmune diseases. We present a patient who was followed up with Graves' disease and vitiligo diagnosed dRTA upon detection hypopotasemia. A 9.2-year-old girl presented complaints sweating, palpitations, hand tremors. The had on examination per clinical laboratory findings. patient, received methimazole as euthyroid, found to have hypokalemia biochemical examinations performed at age 13 years. While investigating etiology hypokalemia, dRTA. Since she two pathologies, it thought that might be origin. Checking serum potassium levels follow-up patients allow early diagnosis treatment accompanying