Editorial

Kortikosteroid ile İndüklenen Hipokalemik Periyodik Paralizi: İki Olgu Sunumu

10.1501/Tipfak_0000000947

  • Ferda Selçuk
  • Senem Ertugrul Mut

Received Date: 18.08.2016 Accepted Date: 14.11.2016 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2016;69(3):211-212

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare disorder characterised by acute weakness of the upper and lower limbs. We present two cases who developed generalized weakness after corticosteroid injection and totally recovered after 10 hours. The blood tests of the cases revealed hypopotassemia and after replacement treatment they clinically recovered. We intended to present the cases to point out that HPP must be kept in mind in patients applying to the emergency with acute onset of muscle weakness.

Keywords: Periodic Paralysis, Hypokalemia, Corticosteroid