Stroke-mimicking unilateral hypokalemic paralysis and literature review.
Hypokalemia
Hypokalemic paralysis
Stroke mimic
Unilateral paralysis
Journal
The American journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 1532-8171
Titre abrégé: Am J Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8309942
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
29
03
2022
revised:
22
04
2022
accepted:
24
04
2022
pubmed:
9
5
2022
medline:
20
7
2022
entrez:
8
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Unilateral paralysis is an alarming symptom with broad differential diagnoses, including stroke, Todd's paralysis, myelopathy, and peripheral neuropathy. Hypokalemic paralysis (HP), a neuromuscular disorder associated with muscle dysfunction, is caused by hypokalemia and manifests as symmetric proximal extremity muscle weakness. Unilateral paralysis has rarely been reported in the literature. Once hypokalemia is corrected, HP is usually reversible. Delayed diagnosis and treatment may result in fatal consequences. Here, we report an atypical case of unilateral weakness along with a review of the literature on unilateral HP.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35527097
pii: S0735-6757(22)00272-8
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.04.042
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
349.e1-349.e3Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None.