Thyrotoxic Neuropathy: A rare cause of acute flaccid paraplegia

Acute polyneuropathy is a rare manifestation of severe hyperthyroidism. We report a 22-year-old Omani male who presented to the Sohar Hospital, Sohar, Oman, in 2016 with acute-onset rapidly progressive flaccid areflexic paraplegia as the presenting manifestation of thyrotoxicosis. Nerve conduction s...

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Main Authors: Aiman K. Al-Wahaibi, Santosh Kumar, Ali Al-Risi, Farook Wali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2018-01-01
Series:Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/2374