THYROTOXIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOKALEMIA AND HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA

Authors
NORRIS KC LEVINE B GANESAN K
Citation
Kc. Norris et al., THYROTOXIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOKALEMIA AND HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA, American journal of kidney diseases, 28(2), 1996, pp. 270-273
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
American journal of kidney diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
02726386
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
270 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-6386(1996)28:2<270:TPPAWH>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report the rare case of a 43-year-old African-American man with thy rotoxic periodic paralysis associated with hypokalemia and hypophospha temia. Both serum potassium and serum phosphate levels returned to nor mal after supplementation with only potassium. We consider the unusual condition of hyperthyroid-related hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia to have contributed to the acute paralysis in this patient. (C) 1996 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.