Carpopedal spasm in a 4 year old boy with persisted vomiting and dyselectrolytemia in Wesley Guild Hospital Ilesa.

Autor: Oke OJ; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria., Amoo KO; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria., Akinwumi IA; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Fawale OO; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Adeniyi AT; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Adeniji EO; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Adetola HH; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Ologun BG; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Folarin OF; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria., Kuti DK; Department of Paediatrics, Wesley Guild Hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ilesa, Nigeria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2019 May 21; Vol. 33, pp. 43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 May 21 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.43.17770
Abstrakt: Carpopedal spasm have various causes ranging from dsyselecrolytemia, syndromic, metabolic or endocrine causes. Any of these could cause a decrease in ionized calcium and tetany. Excessive vomiting leading to alkalosis, hypokaleamia and decreased ionised calcium should be kept in mind for early etiological diagnosis of carpopedal spasm. We report a case of 4-year-old boy presenting with a history of recurrent painful spasm and flexion of bilateral hands following excessive vomiting and electrolyte derangement.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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