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  • Primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) is a muscle condition that causes episodes of paralysis and can lead to permanent muscle weakness; understanding its natural progression could help in treatment evaluation.* -
  • A study examined 37 individuals with HypoPP using MRI to measure fat replacement in muscles and strength tests to track changes over 20 months, revealing increased fat in many muscles but no significant muscle strength changes.* -
  • The findings suggest that MRI is an effective tool for detecting subclinical progression of HypoPP, helping to assess disease progression in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.*

Article Abstract

Background And Objectives: Primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) is a muscle channelopathy that can cause periodic paralysis and permanent weakness. Currently, little is known about how progressive this myopathy is. Natural history data for HypoPP can potentially answer the question of progressiveness and form the basis for outcome measures to be used in follow-up and emerging treatment trials. We aimed to describe the natural history of HypoPP and assess whether quantitative fat imaging is a valuable biomarker to monitor disease progression.

Methods: In this prospective follow-up study, we examined disease progression using Dixon MRI to monitor changes in fat replacement of the muscle and stationary dynamometry to monitor changes in muscle strength.

Results: We included 37 persons (mean age 43 years, range 18-79 years) with HypoPP-causing variants in . Three participants were asymptomatic carriers, 22 had periodic paralysis, 3 had permanent weakness, and 9 had periodic paralysis in combination with permanent weakness. The median follow-up time was 20 months (range 12-25). We found that fat fraction increased in 10 of 21 examined muscles. An increase in the composite fat fraction of at least 1 muscle group was found in all symptomatic phenotypes. By contrast, we found no significant change in muscle strength.

Discussion: The results from this follow-up study support the use of quantitative muscle MRI to monitor subclinical disease progression in HypoPP in patients with and without attacks of paralysis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11616970PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000200211DOI Listing

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