PATIENT WITH HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS BEING FOLLOWED AS CONVERSION DISORDER FOR TWENTY YEARS
Mehmet Yaman, Buket Yücel Altan, Ayhan Bölük, Olcay EserABSTRACT
A 37-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with complaints of weakness in both arms and legs, and fatigue lasting for 8-24 hours and repeating once in every 10-15 days. The clinical signs of the disease initiated in the first decade and she was followed up with a diagnosis of conversion disorder. She had flask paralysis in four extremities and decrease in deep tendon reflexes during the attacks. Between the attacks serum potassium level was 3.9 mEq/l, however during the attacks it was 3.0 mEq/l. With this clinical status and laboratory findings, we diagnosed the patient with hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis which is characterized by attacks, can be misdiagnosed as a conversion disorder, because the patient is neurologically normal. For this reason HPP must be considered in differential diagnosis of similar paroxismal disorders.
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Mehmet Yaman, Buket Yücel Altan, Ayhan Bölük, Olcay Eser. [YİRMİ YILDIR KONVERSİYON BOZUKLUĞU TANISIYLA TAKİP EDİLEN HİPOKALEMİK PERİYODİK PARALİZİ]. Nobel Med 2006; 2(1): 30-34, Turkish. -
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Mehmet Yaman, Buket Yücel Altan, Ayhan Bölük, Olcay Eser. [YİRMİ YILDIR KONVERSİYON BOZUKLUĞU TANISIYLA TAKİP EDİLEN HİPOKALEMİK PERİYODİK PARALİZİ]. Nobel Med 2006; 2(1): 30-34, Turkish. -
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Mehmet Yaman, Buket Yücel Altan, Ayhan Bölük, Olcay Eser. [YİRMİ YILDIR KONVERSİYON BOZUKLUĞU TANISIYLA TAKİP EDİLEN HİPOKALEMİK PERİYODİK PARALİZİ]. Nobel Med (2006); 2(1): 30-34, [cited Mayıs 24, 2021], Turkish. -
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Mehmet Yaman, Buket Yücel Altan, Ayhan Bölük, Olcay Eser. (2006) [YİRMİ YILDIR KONVERSİYON BOZUKLUĞU TANISIYLA TAKİP EDİLEN HİPOKALEMİK PERİYODİK PARALİZİ]. Nobel Med, 2(1): 30-34, Turkish.