[Paralysing hypokalemic thyrotoxicosis].
Thyrotoxicosis is a rare cause of hypokalaemia. The clinical presentation associates signs of thyrotoxicosis which may be discrete, with severe hypokalaemia and peripheral muscular weakness with paralysis of the lower limbs. It is important not to miss this diagnosis because of the therapeutic implications. Treatment of this form of hypokalaemia is that of hyperthyroidism.
Jourdain
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Service de cardiologie, hôpital de La Pitié-La Salpêtrière, Paris.
Pousset
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F
Girard
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S
Komajda
M
M
Thomas
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D
D000328:Adult; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis