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Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis in a white man
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Southern Medical Journal
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an uncommon complication of hyperthyroidism. Hypokalemia, with associated flaccid paralysis, is the hallmark. Oriental men are most commonly affected. We have reported a case of TPP induced by Graves' disease in a white man with hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia. He was successfully treated with radioactive ablation and short-term administration of a beta blocker. The patient has remained asymptomatic for 12 months after treatment.