A case of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis associated with rhabdomyolysis.
- Author:
Kyoung Hee KWEON
1
;
Chang Hun LEE
;
Kyoung Suk CHOI
;
Seung Hoon BAEK
;
Myeung Su LEE
;
Byoung Hyun PARK
;
Chung Gu CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. parkbhmd@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis;
Rhabdomyolysis
- MeSH:
Creatinine;
Humans;
Hyperthyroidism;
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis;
Muscle Proteins;
Muscular Diseases;
Myoglobin;
Paralysis*;
Phosphotransferases;
Rhabdomyolysis*;
Thyroid Gland
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2004;66(2):230-233
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hyperthyroidism has been associated with changes in muscle function such as thyrotoxic myopathy, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis and thyroid opthalomopathy, but rarely rhabdomyolysis. Usually serum creatinine kinase is either normal or low in hyperthyroidism. Only 3 reports described association between rhabdomyolysis and hyperthyroidism, no previous literatures have thyrotoxic periodic paralysis associated rhabdomyolysis. Patients with hypokalemic periodic paralysis sometimes elevated serum muscle protein during recovery from paralytic attack, but the mechanism was not well known. We report a patient who presented with clinical feature of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis and increasing serum CK, myoglobin during recovery from paralysis.
