Extensive Bilateral Intracranial Calcifications: A Case of Iatrogenic Hypoparathyroidism | Zendy

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Extensive Bilateral Intracranial Calcifications: A Case of Iatrogenic Hypoparathyroidism

Author(s) -

Vaso Zisimopoulou,

Anna Siatouni,

G Tsoukalos,

Antonios Tavernarakis,

Stylianos Gatzonis

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2013/932184

Subject(s) - hypoparathyroidism , medicine , calcinosis , calcification , thyroidectomy , basal (medicine) , surgery , radiology , thyroid , insulin

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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