[Retracted] Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis: Clinical Challenges

Table 2

Differential diagnosis of hypokalemic paralysis.

Type of potassium Imbalance	Cause
Transcellular shift	Drugs (tocolytics, theophylline toxicity, chloroquine
	toxicity, insulin overdose)
	Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
	Familial periodic paralysis
	Sporadic periodic paralysis
	Barium poisoning
Renal loss of potassium	Drugs: diuretics
	Primary hyperaldosteronism
	Pseudohyperaldosteronism: licorice ingestion
	Bartter’s syndrome, Gitelman’s syndrome
	Renal tubular acidosis
	Other: nephrotic syndrome, acute tubular necrosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and ureterosigmoidostomy.
Gastrointestinal loss of potassium	Celiac disease
	Tropical sprue
	Infectious diarrhea: Salmonella enteritis, Strongyloides enteritis, and Yersinia enterocolitis
	Short bowel syndrome