[Clinical case of the month. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. Report of a case in a Somalian male].
We report the case of a man hospitalized for tetraparesis related with hypokalemia due to a potassium shift from the extracellular to the intracellular compartment revealing a hyperthyroidism. We will discuss different physiopathological hypotheses giving relating periodic paralysis and hyperthyroidism. Correction of hypokalemia combined with a synthetic antithyroid agent and a beta blocking drug allowed complete motor fonctional recovery.
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D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D013956:Antithyroid Agents