Heras Benito M, Garcia-Gonzalez MA, Valdenebro Recio M, Molina Ordás Á, Callejas Martínez R, Rodríguez Gómez MA, Calle García L, Sousa Silva L, Fernández-Reyes Luis MJ. The need for genetic study to diagnose some cases of distal renal tubular acidosis.
Nefrologia 2016;
36:552-555. [PMID:
27493007 DOI:
10.1016/j.nefro.2016.06.008]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We describe the case of a young woman who was diagnosed with advanced kidney disease, with an incidental finding of nephrocalcinosis of unknown aetiology, having been found asymptomatic throughout her life. The genetic study by panels of known genes associated with tubulointerstitial disease allowed us to discover autosomal dominant distal renal tubular acidosis associated with a de novo mutation in exon 14 of the SLC4A1 gene, which would have been impossible to diagnose clinically due to the advanced nature of the kidney disease when it was discovered.
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