RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dengue fever presenting as quadriparesis due to hypokalaemia: a rare presentation
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e227981
DO 10.1136/bcr-2018-227981
VO 12
IS 3
A1 Syed Muhammad Zubair
A1 Syed Ahsan Ali
A1 Saira Furqan
YR 2019
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e227981.abstract
AB Dengue is one of the leading causes of arthropod borne viral haemorrhagic fever. Majority of the times, it clinically manifests as fever, arthralgia and rash; however, we present a case of a young man who presented with progressively increasing weakness of all four limbs. Initial investigations showed low potassium, hence he was managed as hypokalaemic periodic paralysis. With initial history of fever and low platelets, dengue was suspected. Dengue antibody was checked which came out to be positive. Potassium was replaced which led to improvement in power of his limbs. He was discharged in a stable condition with a diagnosis of dengue with hypokalaemic quadriparesis.