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INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA WITH HYPOMAGNESÆMIC TETANY
Author(s) -
ZIMMET P.,
BREIDAHL H. D.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1968.17.3.265
Subject(s) - tetany , medicine , calcium , magnesium , hypomagnesemia , calcium metabolism , anesthesia , gastroenterology , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary This report concerns a patient suffering from intestinal lymphangiectasia, and recurrent tetany not responding to calcium and vitamin D. Hypomagnesæmia was demonstrated, and the tetany was relieved by magnesium therapy. Measurement of the plasma ionized calcium content showed it to be in the tetanic range. This returned to normal after magnesium infusion, and the tetany was relieved concurrently with this.