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  • Title: Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in a Latin-American taking acetazolamide.
    Author: Shulkin D, Olson BR, Levey GS.
    Journal: Am J Med Sci; 1989 May; 297(5):337-8. PubMed ID: 2719059.
    Abstract:
    A Latin-American teenager was begun on a regimen of acetazolamide for a presumptive diagnosis of familial periodic paralysis. He presented 2 weeks later with near total body paralysis and was found to have florid manifestations of Graves' disease. Although thyrotoxic periodic paralysis occurs most frequently in Oriental males, it occasionally is found in Caucasians. Unlike familial, euthyroid, and periodic paralysis, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis may be worsened by administration of acetazolamide. Physical signs and laboratory evidence of hyperthyroidism must be sought in cases of periodic paralysis to differentiate the two diseases.
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