Hypokalemic thyrotoxic periodic parálisis

Male patient of 29 years old, southamerican origin, with history of two months of had presented a flaccid cuadriplejia (he had two previous episodes of less intensity), affecting severely the inferior extremities at the proximal muscle level. During the last acute attack the potasium level was in 2,0 mEq/L, the ECG showed mild tachycardia and T wave flattening. The correction of the hypokalemia allowed to recuperate the muscle strength and reverse the electrocardiographic alterations. Besides, it was shown a thyrotoxic state.