[Pseudo-Bartter syndrome, a case report].

Congenital chloride diarrhea misdiagnosed as pseudo-Bartter syndrome

Congenital chloride diarrhea (CCD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease which is characterized by intractable diarrhea of infancy, failure to thrive, high fecal chloride, hypochloremia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia and metabolic alkalosis. In this case report, we present the first female and the second official case of CCD in Iran. A 15-month-old girl referred to our hospital due to failure to th...

Maternal Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome Associated with Severe Perinatal Brain Injury.

BACKGROUND Maternal electrolyte imbalance is rarely reported as causative factor of severe perinatal brain injury. CASE CHARACTERISTICS This case outlines a unique maternal and neonatal pseudo-Bartter syndrome presented with metabolic alkalosis and hypochloremia due to maternal severe vomiting. OBSERVATION Neonatal MRI brain revealed extensive brain hemorrhages with porencephalic cysts. Sub...

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Bartter syndrome presenting in neonatal or early infancy is characterized by salt loosing tubulopathy, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis. Failure to thrive is one of the most common findings in neonatal bartter syndrome. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are one of the therapeutic options for improving growth in these patients.We describe a case of neonatal bartter syndrome with mild ...

Coma Pseudo - Bartter syndrome

Fetal urine biochemistry in antenatal Bartter syndrome: a case report

Bartter syndrome is a severe inherited tubulopathy responsible for renal salt wasting, and hence electrolyte disorders and dehydration. Prenatally, it is characterized by severe polyhydramnios caused by fetal polyuria. We studied for the first time fetal urine in a Bartter syndrome case and demonstrated that the tubulopathy is already present at 24 weeks of gestation.