Liquorice-induced severe hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis with Gitelman syndrome and diabetes: A case report

Table 1 Laboratory investigations of the patient

Parameter	Test value before treatments	Test value after treatments	Reference range
Potassium (mmol/L)	1.841	4.05	3.5-5.5
Sodium (mmol/L)	144	138	137-147
Chlorine (mmol/L)	981	99	99-110
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.31	2.14	2.11-2.52
Magnesium (mmol/L)	0.681	0.78	0.75-1.02
CK (U/L)	101171	275	50-310
Myoglobin(μg/L)	>41501	98.4	17.4-105.7
HbA1c (%)	7.03%1	-	4.8-5.9 %
8 am cortisol (nmol/L)	423.5	-	171-536
4 pm cortisol (nmol/L)	183.7	-	64-327
0 am cortisol (nmol/L)	279.1	-	-
ACTH (pmol/L)	4.76	-	1.6-13.9
pH	7.471	7.40	7.35-7.45
HCO3- (mmol/L)	321	24	21-26
BE (mmol/L)	7.11	2.4	-3-3
Urinary pH	8.01	6.0	5-6
Urinary sodium (mmol/24 h)	2401	-	40-220
Urinary potassium (mmol/24 h)	1091	-	25-125
Urinary chloride (mmol/24 h)	2601	-	110-250
Urinary calcium (mmol/24 h)	2.01	-	2.5-7.5
Urinary magnesium (mmol/24 h)	4	-	3.0-4.5
Urinary free cortisol (mmol/24 h)	379.681	-	100-379
FECl	1.9%1	-	-
FEMg	4.4%1	-	-
Urinary calcium/creatinine	0.24	-	-

¹Abnormal values. FECl: Fractional chloride excretion; FEMg: Fractional magnesium excretion; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic hormone; CK: Creatinine phosphokinase; HbA1c: Haemoglobin A1c.