| A Case of Primary Hypomagnesemia |
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Kyoung A Chun, Sung Pil Jang, Young Dae Ham, Jin Hwa Jeong, Jeong Ho Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea |
| 원발성 저마그네슘혈증 1례 |
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천경아, 장성필, 함용대, 정진화, 이정호 |
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부산메리놀병원 소아과 |
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| Abstract |
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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 magnesium levels. |
| Key Words:
Primary hypomagnesemia, Seizure |
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