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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 271-274 |
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A rare case of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis precipitated by hydrocortisone
Subrata Chakrabarti
Department of General Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Doctor's Hostel, IPGMER, A. J. C Bose Road, Kolkata - 700 020, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149236
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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare, but serious condition characterized by acute paralytic attacks and hypokalemia in association with thyrotoxicosis. Although carbohydrate rich meals, strenuous exercise, alcohol, emotional stress are known precipitants of TPP, steroid treatment has rarely been reported to induce TPP. We report a case in which a patient with previously untreated Grave's disease developed TPP following administration of Intravenous hydrocortisone for control of severe anaphylaxis, which to best of our knowledge is very rare. |
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