title: Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis associated with thyrotoxicosis.
abstract: A 32 year old male presented with episodic pure motor weakness for 1 1/2 months. On evaluation he was found to be thyrotoxic. Hyperkalemic challenge test provoked similar weakness with raised serum potassium (6 meq/L). He responded to treatment with neomercazole. Till he became euthyroid, he responded to the addition of acetazolamide to his medication. He is symptom free on antithyroid drug alone over 8 months of follow up.
authors.affiliation: Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mithal
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002231:Carbimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002231:Carbimazole; D000086:Acetazolamide