2714 Famotidine-Induced Hypomagnesemia Leading to Hypocalcemia

Woman with hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia.

A 71-year-old woman was referred to the endocrinology clinic after several years of unresolved hypomagnesemia that required numerous hospital admissions to receive intravenous magnesium. She previously presented with palpitations on 3 occasions, and once with diarrhea and vomiting. The blood tests on all 4 presentations demonstrated severe hypomagnesemia (Table 1). Her medical history included ...

Hypomagnesemia predicts postoperative biochemical hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy

BACKGROUND To investigate the role of magnesium in biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, a retrospective study was conducted. METHODS Less-than-total thyroidectomy patients were excluded from the final analysis. Identified the risk factors of biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, and investigated the correlation by logistic regression and correlation test respectively. RESULTS A tot...

Phototherapy-induced Hypocalcemia

Familial Hypomagnesemia with Secondary Hypocalcemia Mimicking Neurodegenerative Disorder.

BACKGROUND Familial hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia is a genetic disorder of magnesium metabolism that presents with refractory seizures in infancy. CASE CHARACTERISTICS We herein report an infant with familial hypomagnesemia who presented as medically-refractory seizures and had cerebral atrophy on neuroimaging. Interestingly he had lost previous two siblings because of lack of co...

Primary hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia in an infant.

A 2-month old girl was transferred from General Hos­ pital Kurunegala to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) in September 1998 with a history of uncontrolled generalised fits from the age of 6 weeks. Before 6 weeks the baby-had been apparently normal. She is a product of a first cousin marriage. The other two children are in good health. The birth and neonatal histories were normal. The birth weig...