Hypokalaemic, hypophosphatemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

Am J Kidney Dis. 1989 Mar;13(3):247-9. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(89)80060-5.

Abstract

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an uncommon neuromuscular disorder frequently associated with severe hypokalemia. We describe a patient with hypophosphatemia occurring in the setting of hypokalemic thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, an association reported only once previously. A review of the literature indicates that this combined biochemical derangement may not be uncommon and that thyrotoxic periodic paralysis should be recognized as a potential cause of hypophosphatemia. The correction of both hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia may lead to a more rapid resolution of the associated acute neurologic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Graves Disease / complications*
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Hypokalemia / complications*
  • Hypokalemia / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Mexico / ethnology
  • Neuromuscular Diseases / etiology
  • Neuromuscular Diseases / therapy
  • Paralyses, Familial Periodic / etiology*
  • Phosphates / blood*
  • Phosphates / therapeutic use
  • Potassium / therapeutic use
  • Potassium Compounds*

Substances

  • Phosphates
  • Potassium Compounds
  • potassium phosphate
  • Potassium