• Rev Neurol France · Dec 2002

    Case Reports

    [Thyrotoxicosis periodic hypokalemic paralysis].

    • F Reynaud, M Malbec, D Benyakoub, M Wagner, and J P Caussanel.
    • Service de Néphrologie et Hémodialyse, Hôpital d'Auch, route de Tarbes, 32000 Auch.
    • Rev Neurol France. 2002 Dec 1; 158 (12 Pt 1): 1207-9.

    AbstractPeriodic hypokaliemic paralysis is an usual cause of severe hypokaliemia. Thyrotoxicosis periodic paralysis (TPP) is less common. Incidence is high in Asian people and rarely reported in caucasian people. We describe the case of a young caucasian male, with a TPP. Clinical symptoms of hypokaliemia are strong, when thyrotoxicosis symptoms appear only on blood tests. The clinical course is good with beta-blockers and antithyroid treatment. These treatments induce a total clinical and biological cure. In all the cases of hypokaliemic paralysis, even without symptom, an hyperthyroïdia must be searched for.

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