Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 41 No. 2, 2002.
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Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Report
Jadranka Morović-Vergles
Branko Ostrički
Krešimir Galešić
Mirko Škoro
Dijana Zelenika
Abstract
A case of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in a 24-year-old male with hyperthyroidism is presented. Clinical manifestations included progressive symmetrical weakness that led to flaccid paralysis due to hypokalemia with concurrent thyrotoxicosis. Intravenous administration of potassium chloride resulted in complete regression of the symptoms of muscle weakness and paralysis. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon complication of thyrotoxicosis, which primarily occurs in Orientals, with a high male predominance, and has rarely been described in Caucasians.
Keywords
Thyrotoxicosis, complications; Hypokalemia, complications; Paralysis, etiology; Case report
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14719
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Publication date:
3.6.2002.
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