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Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder affecting multiple organs, including the brain, skin, lung, and kidney. Among the multiple comorbidities in TSC, bone mineral disturbances remain relatively unrecognized, and only a few studies have reported alteration in cal...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kipyo, Kim, Sejoong, Na, Ki Young, Chae, Dong-Wan, Chin, Ho Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Electrolyte Metabolism 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338111
http://dx.doi.org/10.5049/EBP.2019.17.1.21
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author Kim, Kipyo
Kim, Sejoong
Na, Ki Young
Chae, Dong-Wan
Chin, Ho Jun
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Na, Ki Young
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description Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder affecting multiple organs, including the brain, skin, lung, and kidney. Among the multiple comorbidities in TSC, bone mineral disturbances remain relatively unrecognized, and only a few studies have reported alteration in calcium homeostasis. Hypocalcemia is a serious medical condition in patients with TSC who are at high risk for seizures. Therefore, hypocalcemia should be thoroughly evaluated by obtaining a history of associated medication use and measuring vitamin D levels. Here, we report the case of a patient with TSC who presented with severe hypocalcemia which may have been related to a history of anticonvulsant use and a recent decline in kidney function, and was successfully treated with calcium and vitamin D replacement.
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spelling pubmed-66296012019-07-23 Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Kim, Kipyo Kim, Sejoong Na, Ki Young Chae, Dong-Wan Chin, Ho Jun Electrolyte Blood Press Case Report Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder affecting multiple organs, including the brain, skin, lung, and kidney. Among the multiple comorbidities in TSC, bone mineral disturbances remain relatively unrecognized, and only a few studies have reported alteration in calcium homeostasis. Hypocalcemia is a serious medical condition in patients with TSC who are at high risk for seizures. Therefore, hypocalcemia should be thoroughly evaluated by obtaining a history of associated medication use and measuring vitamin D levels. Here, we report the case of a patient with TSC who presented with severe hypocalcemia which may have been related to a history of anticonvulsant use and a recent decline in kidney function, and was successfully treated with calcium and vitamin D replacement. The Korean Society of Electrolyte Metabolism 2019-06 2019-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6629601/ /pubmed/31338111 http://dx.doi.org/10.5049/EBP.2019.17.1.21 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Korean Society of Electrolyte Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Kipyo
Kim, Sejoong
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Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
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title_fullStr Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
title_full_unstemmed Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
title_short Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
title_sort severe hypocalcemia in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338111
http://dx.doi.org/10.5049/EBP.2019.17.1.21
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