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muscle weakness

 

Parálisis periódica hipocalémica: reporte de caso. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: case report

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a disease included in the skeletal muscle channelopathies, characterized by attacks of muscle weakness secondary to dysfunction of Cav1.1 calcium or Nav1.4 sodium channels. We report a case of a patient with a diagnosis of episodic hypokalemic paralysis confirmed by genetic study, and a brief discussion regarding the importance of genetic analysis, its clinical and therapeutic implications.

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Miastenia Gravis de Presentación Bulbar: Reporte de Caso y Revisión de Literatura. Myasthenia Gravis Of Bulbar Onset: Case Report And Review Of Literature.

Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular autoimmune disorder in which the predominant symptom is muscle weakness that fluctuates during the day and mainly affects the ocular and bulbar muscles. There is an intimate relationship between thymus abnormalities, the extirpation allows in many cases a better control of the disease and as long as they are resectable it must be part of the initial treatment. We present a case of a patient with myasthenia gravis and thymoma in whom the initial treatment was surgical.

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