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A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker
Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive devastating neurodegenerative disease, which universally progresses towards death. Hence, every attempt should be made to find out if there are any treatable conditions, which can mimic MND. Herein, we describe a case of hypercalcaemia due to primary hyper...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0085 |
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author | Ghosh, Manas Bhattacharya, Ambarish Ghosh, Kaushik Chatterjee, Atri Chakraborty, Sisir Jatua, Sanat Kumar |
author_facet | Ghosh, Manas Bhattacharya, Ambarish Ghosh, Kaushik Chatterjee, Atri Chakraborty, Sisir Jatua, Sanat Kumar |
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description | Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive devastating neurodegenerative disease, which universally progresses towards death. Hence, every attempt should be made to find out if there are any treatable conditions, which can mimic MND. Herein, we describe a case of hypercalcaemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism confused as MND and subsequently cured with parathyroid surgery. LEARNING POINTS: Any patient with neurological disorder should have a screening of all the common electrolytes including calcium as electrolyte imbalance can present with paralysis (e.g. hypokalaemia) to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (e.g. hypercalcaemia). No patient should be stamped as having MND without having a proper work-up of all its differentials as there might be a treatable condition masquerading as MND. |
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spelling | pubmed-42611992016-05-10 A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker Ghosh, Manas Bhattacharya, Ambarish Ghosh, Kaushik Chatterjee, Atri Chakraborty, Sisir Jatua, Sanat Kumar Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep Error in Diagnosis/Pitfalls and Caveats Motor neuron disease (MND) is a progressive devastating neurodegenerative disease, which universally progresses towards death. Hence, every attempt should be made to find out if there are any treatable conditions, which can mimic MND. Herein, we describe a case of hypercalcaemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism confused as MND and subsequently cured with parathyroid surgery. LEARNING POINTS: Any patient with neurological disorder should have a screening of all the common electrolytes including calcium as electrolyte imbalance can present with paralysis (e.g. hypokalaemia) to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (e.g. hypercalcaemia). No patient should be stamped as having MND without having a proper work-up of all its differentials as there might be a treatable condition masquerading as MND. Bioscientifica Ltd 2014-11-01 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4261199/ /pubmed/27168935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0085 Text en © 2014 The authors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_GB) . |
spellingShingle | Error in Diagnosis/Pitfalls and Caveats Ghosh, Manas Bhattacharya, Ambarish Ghosh, Kaushik Chatterjee, Atri Chakraborty, Sisir Jatua, Sanat Kumar A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title | A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title_full | A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title_fullStr | A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title_full_unstemmed | A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title_short | A commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
title_sort | commonly overlooked motor neuron disease mimicker |
topic | Error in Diagnosis/Pitfalls and Caveats |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0085 |
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