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Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus

We report of an 18-year-old male who presented with an epileptiform disorder, features of hypocalcemia, and an extrapyramidal symptom in the form of choreoathetosis. On evaluation he had idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with extensive calcifications in the extrapyramidal system of the brain; basal gang...

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Autores principales: Ghosh, Kaushik, Sengupta, Nilanjan, Sau, Tanmoy Jyoti, Chatterjee, Atri
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226661
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.103035
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author Ghosh, Kaushik
Sengupta, Nilanjan
Sau, Tanmoy Jyoti
Chatterjee, Atri
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description We report of an 18-year-old male who presented with an epileptiform disorder, features of hypocalcemia, and an extrapyramidal symptom in the form of choreoathetosis. On evaluation he had idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with extensive calcifications in the extrapyramidal system of the brain; basal ganglion, as well as in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, which is a rare entity. We report the rare presentation of a common disorder, which requires to be considered in evaluating hypoparathyroidism.
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spelling pubmed-35109352012-12-05 Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus Ghosh, Kaushik Sengupta, Nilanjan Sau, Tanmoy Jyoti Chatterjee, Atri Indian J Endocrinol Metab Case Report We report of an 18-year-old male who presented with an epileptiform disorder, features of hypocalcemia, and an extrapyramidal symptom in the form of choreoathetosis. On evaluation he had idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with extensive calcifications in the extrapyramidal system of the brain; basal ganglion, as well as in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, which is a rare entity. We report the rare presentation of a common disorder, which requires to be considered in evaluating hypoparathyroidism. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3510935/ /pubmed/23226661 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.103035 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ghosh, Kaushik
Sengupta, Nilanjan
Sau, Tanmoy Jyoti
Chatterjee, Atri
Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title_full Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title_fullStr Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title_full_unstemmed Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title_short Rare presentation of a common disease: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
title_sort rare presentation of a common disease: idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting with extrapyramidal symptoms and status epilepticus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226661
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.103035
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