Resumen

SIERRA, Manuel A. et al. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: review of the literature and case report in a high specialty Mexican university hospital. Rev. mex. neurocienc. [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.3, pp.149-154.  Epub 28-Mar-2022. ISSN 2604-6180.  https://doi.org/10.24875/rmn.m19000046.

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a fatal complication of thyrotoxicosis, characterized by sudden hypokalemia, muscle paralysis and thyrotoxicosis. TPP, although it is becoming more frequent in our country, is still not diagnosed in a timely manner due to the lack of familiarity and the subtlety of the referred symptomatology. Early recognition by the first contact physician can prevent the mortality of said disease. A typical case of thyrotoxic paralysis is presented in a private Mexican university hospital and a review of the most current literature is made. We conducted a review of the literature in PubMed and EMBASE. Clinical, biochemical, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic characteristics were analyzed. TPP is a clinical entity that occurs rarely in the Mexican population, however it is important to be familiar with the diagnosis since the treatment is different from other periodic hypokalemic paralysis..

Palabras llave : Paralysis; Thyrotoxicosis; Periodic; Hypokalemia; Areflexia.