A rare case of paralysis in an endemic area

Thyrotoxicosis mostly presents with tachycardia, tremor, weight loss and other hypermetabolism signs. However, there are other unusual signs of thyrotoxicosis such as paralysis. This unusual clinical presentation may postpone prompt diagnosis and treatment. In this case report, we present a 27-years...

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Autores principales: Yardimci, Bulent, Kazancioglu, Rumeyza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101516
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.312.7045
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description Thyrotoxicosis mostly presents with tachycardia, tremor, weight loss and other hypermetabolism signs. However, there are other unusual signs of thyrotoxicosis such as paralysis. This unusual clinical presentation may postpone prompt diagnosis and treatment. In this case report, we present a 27-years-old woman, who presented with quadriparesis at the emergency department.
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spelling pubmed-44763672015-06-22 A rare case of paralysis in an endemic area Yardimci, Bulent Kazancioglu, Rumeyza Pak J Med Sci Case Report Thyrotoxicosis mostly presents with tachycardia, tremor, weight loss and other hypermetabolism signs. However, there are other unusual signs of thyrotoxicosis such as paralysis. This unusual clinical presentation may postpone prompt diagnosis and treatment. In this case report, we present a 27-years-old woman, who presented with quadriparesis at the emergency department. Professional Medical Publications 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4476367/ /pubmed/26101516 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.312.7045 Text en Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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