Dangerous sweets: severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis and tetraparesis from chronic consumption of licorice

J Neurol. 2021 Feb;268(2):707-708. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10347-y. Epub 2020 Dec 19.

Authors

Matthias Wittstock¹, Allessandro Mele², Daniel Cantré³, Alexander Storch²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University Medicine Centre Rostock, University of Rockstock, Gehlsheimer Str. 20, 18147, Rostock, Germany. matthias.wittstock@med.uni-rostock.de.
² Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Centre Rostock, University of Rockstock, Rockstock, Germany.
³ Department of Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Rostock, University of Rockstock, Rockstock, Germany.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Glycyrrhiza*
Humans
Hypokalemia* / chemically induced
Hypokalemia* / complications
Plant Extracts
Rhabdomyolysis* / chemically induced

Substances

Plant Extracts