Villar Jiménez J, Ruiz Serrato A E, Bautista Galán C, Guerrero León M Á
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Antequera, Málaga, España.
Semergen. 2013 Nov-Dec;39(8):e68-70. doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Nov 2.
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an uncommon complication of thyrotoxicosis, characterized by attacks of generalized muscular weakness associated with hypokalemia in patients with hyperthyroidism, most frequently with Graves-Basedow disease. Treatment with antithyroid drugs and potassium supplements reversed the symptoms and the episodes of acute muscular weakness did not reappear.
甲状腺毒症性低钾性周期性麻痹是甲状腺毒症的一种罕见并发症,其特征为甲状腺功能亢进患者出现与低钾血症相关的全身性肌无力发作,最常见于格雷夫斯-巴塞多病。使用抗甲状腺药物和补钾治疗可使症状缓解,急性肌无力发作未再出现。