Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis secondary to subclinical hyperthyroidism: an uncommon cause of acute muscle paralysis

• Main Authors: Alvin Oliver Payus, Constance Liew Sat Lin, Nee Tiong, Norlaila Mustafa
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
• Subjects: QM531-549 Regional anatomy; RC648-665 Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30740/1/Hypokalaemic%20periodic%20paralysis%20secondary%20to%20subclinical%20hyperthyroidism%2C%20an%20uncommon%20cause%20of%20acute%20muscle%20paralysis-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30740/2/Hypokalaemic%20periodic%20paralysis%20secondary%20to%20subclinical%20hyperthyroidism%2C%20an%20uncommon%20cause%20of%20acute%20muscle%20paralysis.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30740/; https://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/6/e240666
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis secondary to subclinical hyperthyroidism is an uncommon clinical phenomenon characterised by lower limb paralysis secondary to hypokalaemia in the background of subclinical hyperthyroidism. In this article, we report a patient who presented with progressive lower limb...