Hypocalcemia Masquerading as Schizophreniform Disorder

Among the symptoms of hypocalcemia, tetany, papilledema, and seizures may occur in patients who develop hypocalcemia acutely. We describe a rare case of hypocalcemia presenting as schizophreniform disorder. Among other presentations of hypocalcemia, one should also look for the relation between psyc...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Shivangi, Mehta, Sahil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833232
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191386
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description Among the symptoms of hypocalcemia, tetany, papilledema, and seizures may occur in patients who develop hypocalcemia acutely. We describe a rare case of hypocalcemia presenting as schizophreniform disorder. Among other presentations of hypocalcemia, one should also look for the relation between psychotic symptoms and calcium levels in a patient presenting with psychotic symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-50529622016-11-10 Hypocalcemia Masquerading as Schizophreniform Disorder Mehta, Shivangi Mehta, Sahil Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Among the symptoms of hypocalcemia, tetany, papilledema, and seizures may occur in patients who develop hypocalcemia acutely. We describe a rare case of hypocalcemia presenting as schizophreniform disorder. Among other presentations of hypocalcemia, one should also look for the relation between psychotic symptoms and calcium levels in a patient presenting with psychotic symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5052962/ /pubmed/27833232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191386 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Psychiatric Society 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052962/
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