Travesty of Undetected Hypoparathyroidism: A Series of Missed Opportunities
Namitha Shaji,
Ankit Tiwari,
Penuboina Tejaswini
et al.
Abstract:We describe a 20-year-old male with childhood-onset seizures and a prolonged history of anti-epileptic use. The cause of his seizures remained undetected until he reached the second decade of his life. Extensive intracranial calcifications on brain imaging helped us identify hypocalcemia as a cause of seizures. He had low calcium due to primary hypoparathyroidism. He also had severe aplastic anemia at this time. There were a series of missed opportunities in his history that could have prevented prolonged anti… Show more
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