Hypokalemic paralysis associated with renal tubular acidosis.
Patients with renal tubular acidosis may show hypokalemic paralysis. We report a case in which the symptoms of hypokalemia and the onset of paralysis were initially mistaken for the Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Rowbottom
S J
SJ
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ray
D C
DC
Brown
D T
DT
D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis