[Hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis with basal electrocardiographic changes].
The authors report the case of an 18 year old girl with nocturnal tetraplegia. There was a family history of Westphal periodic paralysis, and a past history of transient paralysis two years previously. The serum potassium was 2.3 mEq/l. The patient was cured by intravenous drip of potassium chloride. There was a reactionary hyperinsulinism. The red cell potassium was lowered. There was a fall in the exchangeable and total potassium pool. The E.C.G. changes; observed during the acute attack of paralysis, persisted afterwards, which is unusual.
D000293:Adolescent; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
Paralysie périodique familiale hypokaliémique avec modifications électrocardiographiques a l'état de base.