Sclerochoroidal calcification associated with Gitelman syndrome

Am J Ophthalmol. 1999 Dec;128(6):767-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(99)00277-9.

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate sclerochoroidal calcification in a patient with Gitelman syndrome.

Method: Case report. Bilateral fundus abnormalities observed in a 58-year-old woman were documented with fluorescein angiography and tomodensitometry.

Results: Symmetric yellow-white subretinal lesions were observed in the superotemporal midperiphery of the fundus of each eye. Tomodensitometry examination was consistent with calcium deposition. The medical history included Gitelman syndrome. Sclerochoroidal calcification probably resulted from the severe hypomagnesemia.

Conclusion: Gitelman syndrome may be a cause of sclerochoroidal calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Calcinosis / metabolism
  • Calcium / urine
  • Choroid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Choroid Diseases / etiology*
  • Choroid Diseases / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Hypokalemia / complications
  • Hypokalemia / genetics
  • Hypokalemia / pathology
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Diseases / genetics
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology
  • Kidney Tubules / pathology
  • Magnesium / blood
  • Metabolic Diseases / complications
  • Metabolic Diseases / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Scleral Diseases / diagnosis
  • Scleral Diseases / etiology*
  • Scleral Diseases / metabolism
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Magnesium
  • Calcium