[Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis. A case report]

J Villar Jiménez; A E Ruiz Serrato; C Bautista Galán; M Á Guerrero León

doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2012.08.005

[Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis. A case report]

Semergen. 2013 Nov-Dec;39(8):e68-70. doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Nov 2.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

J Villar Jiménez¹, A E Ruiz Serrato, C Bautista Galán, M Á Guerrero León

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Antequera, Málaga, España.

PMID: 24315080
DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.08.005

Abstract

Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon complication of thyrotoxicosis, characterized by attacks of generalized muscular weakness associated with hypokalemia in patients with hyperthyroidism, most frequently with Graves-Basedow disease. Treatment with antithyroid drugs and potassium supplements reversed the symptoms and the episodes of acute muscular weakness did not reappear.

Keywords: Hipopotasémica; Hypokalemic; Paralysis; Parálisis; Periodic; Periódica; Thyrotoxicosis; Tirotoxicosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis / etiology*
Male
Thyroid Crisis / complications*
Young Adult