title: Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic paralysis in a pregnant Afro-Caribbean woman. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: This paper reports the case of a 21-year-old Afro-Caribbean pregnant woman with hyperthyroidism and hypokalaemic quadriparesis and reviews the literature on the topic. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a very rare condition in the Caribbean. This case reminds West Indian physicians to consider this rare condition in any patient that presents with paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Peebles Hospital, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, West Indies. nelchuks@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Iheonunekwu
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pickering
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044383:Black People; D002231:Carbimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D002231:Carbimazole; D011188:Potassium