Extensive Bilateral Intracranial Calcifications: A Case of Iatrogenic Hypoparathyroidism

This is a case of a 69-year-old male patient with long-standing iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy. The clinical evaluation revealed mild neurological symptoms and excessive brain calcinosis. Intracranial calcification that affects structures other than the basal ganglia and the...

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Autores principales: Zisimopoulou, Vaso, Siatouni, Anna, Tsoukalos, Grigorios, Tavernarakis, Antonios, Gatzonis, Stylianos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23509468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/932184
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Sumario:This is a case of a 69-year-old male patient with long-standing iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy. The clinical evaluation revealed mild neurological symptoms and excessive brain calcinosis. Intracranial calcification that affects structures other than the basal ganglia and the cerebellum is a rare manifestation of postoperative hypoparathyroidism. Detection of brain calcinosis in patients who had total thyroidectomy can motivate clinicians in further investigation of possible hypoparathyroidism with measurement of calcium and phosphorus serum levels.

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