Congenital hypoparathyroidism presenting as recurrent seizures in an adult

Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism may manifest as serious neurologic symptoms such as seizures, movement disorders, or raised intracranial pressure. Several patients were observed to have these dangerous neurologic complications even without subtle signs of hypocalcemia like tetany, chvostek�...

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Autores principales: Acharya, Sourya, Shukla, Samarth, Singh, Dinesh, Deshpande, Rohit, Mahajan, S. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22690060
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.95981
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Sumario:Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism may manifest as serious neurologic symptoms such as seizures, movement disorders, or raised intracranial pressure. Several patients were observed to have these dangerous neurologic complications even without subtle signs of hypocalcemia like tetany, chvostek's sign or carpopedal spasms. We present a case of recurrent hypocalcemic seizures due to congenital hypoparathyroidism.

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