Open AccessCongenital hypoparathyroidism presenting as recurrent seizures in an adult
Author(s) -
Sourya Acharya,
Samarth Shukla,
Dinesh Kumar Singh,
Rohit Vasant Deshpande,
Satish Mahajan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.95981
Subject(s) - hypoparathyroidism , tetany , medicine , pediatrics , epilepsy , surgery , psychiatry
Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism may manifest as serious neurologic symptoms such as seizures, movement disorders, or raised intracranial pressure. Several patients were observed to have these dangerous neurologic complications even without subtle signs of hypocalcemia like tetany, chvostek's sign or carpopedal spasms. We present a case of recurrent hypocalcemic seizures due to congenital hypoparathyroidism.