A Case of Primary Hypomagnesemia.
- Author:
Kyoung A CHUN
1
;
Sung Pil JANG
;
Young Dae HAM
;
Jin Hwa JEONG
;
Jeong Ho LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary hypomagnesemia;
Seizure
- MeSH:
Creatinine;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Magnesium;
Magnesium Deficiency;
Recurrence;
Seizures
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
2000;43(8):1153-1156
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary hypomagnesemia is a rare inherited disorder and it is considered to be due to either a defect in the intestinal transport of magnesium or a defect in renal tubular transport. It is important to measure the urinary excretion of magnesium to differentiate the causes of magnesium deficiency. We report here an one-month-old female infant of primary hypomagnesemia who presented generalized tonic-clonic seizures. She had hypomagnesemia(<1.5mg/dL) and several seizure attacks but normal magnesium creatinine ratio in random urine and normal magnesium excretion in 24-hour urine. Continuous oral magnesium supplementation was necessary to avoid the recurrence of symptoms and maintain serum rnagnesium levels.
