ArticleInternational journal of pediatric endocrinology2020
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis presenting in an African-American teenage male: case report.
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- Hyperthyroid Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Nepali Male; A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Twenty-year trend of thyrotoxicosis and thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a population-based cohort study.European thyroid journal · 2025Article
- [Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis in a black African man in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2024Article
- Recurrent Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis As the Sole Clinical Manifestation of Untreated Hyperthyroidism.Cureus · 2024Article
- Code Pseudo Stroke - A Case of Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis Mimicking Stroke.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2023Article
- Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in an adolescent male: A case report and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
- [Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis in two African black women].The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a rare complication of hyperthyroidism and is associated with hypokalemia and muscle paralysis. This condition is most commonly seen in Asian men. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a 14-year-old African American male with Graves' disease and intermittent asthma who presented with bilateral leg weakness. The patient demonstrated signs of thyrotoxicosis and laboratory evaluation revealed hypokalemia and hyperthyroidism. Following the administration of potassium supplementation clinical status improved and the patient was discharged home on a high dose of methimazole and propranolol. At a 6-month follow up visit, he was found to be clinically euthyroid and demonstrated no signs of hyperthyroidism or muscle weakness.
conclusionChildren presenting with weakness and hypokalemia should be investigated for thyroid dysfunction. Correction of hypokalemia improves acute presentation, but the patient will remain at risk for paralysis until euthyroid state is achieved.
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