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[A case of thyreotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis in a white male].
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
April 2015
Rijnland Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Leiderdorp.
Background: Thyreotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a rare and potentially life-threatening syndrome. It principally affects men of East-Asian origin and has rarely been described in a white person.
Case Description: A 34-year-old Dutch man, suffering from Graves' disease, presented with weakness in his lower limbs.
First case study of periodic hypokalemic thyreotoxic paresis with partial respiratory insufficiency and concomitant sinus bradycardia.
Wien Med Wochenschr
July 2009
Department of Internal Medicine, Laas General Hospital, Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria.
This report describes the case of a 29-year-old Chechen refugee with periodic hypokalemic thyreotoxic tetraparesis (PHTP). Besides a partial respiratory insufficiency, the patient was also presented with sinus bradycardia. Medical literature describes several cases of thyreotoxicosis in combination with bradycardia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Hypokalaemia and paralysis: think about the thyroid].
Rev Med Interne
February 2008
Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 92104 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Periodic hypokalemic paralysis can be of genetic origin or secondary to other causes of hypokalaemia. The thyreotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) usually occurs among asian subjects. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency which may lead to life-threatening complications due to hypokalaemia and muscle weakness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Thyreotoxic periodic paralysis. A cause of pseudo-paralysing hypokalemia that should not be ignored in Caucasians].
Presse Med
August 2003
Service de réanimation métabolique, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier.
Introduction: Despite its rare occurrence in Caucasians, thyreotoxic periodic paralysis should be evoked in young male Caucasians presenting with episodes of pseudo-paralytic hypokalemia.
Observation: A 37 year-old Caucasian was admitted in intensive care for an acute episode of hypotonic tetraplegia and hypokalemia during which laboratory tests revealed hyperthyroidism due to Basedow's disease. The clinical course was rapidly favourable after a small dose of intravenous potassium.
[Thyreotoxic hypokalemic paralysis; presentation of symptoms in three case reports].
Internist (Berl)
May 2001
Abteilung für Endokrinologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen.
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