Introduction. DiGeorge syndrome is a developmental defect commonly caused by a microdeletion on the long arm of chromosome 22 or less frequently by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 10. Case report. We report a case of a gentleman with mild dysmorphic features who presented with hypocalcaemia-induced seizures and an associated thyroid mass with a background of learning difficulties and ...

Torregrosa reports a rare case of dramatic increase in intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and hypocalcaemia after administration of denosumab in a kidney-transplanted patient [1]. However, the author does not comment on another important finding of this case which is the unusually prolonged hypocalcaemia. In the only study to have investigated this issue so far, Block et al. report that in the c...

Objective: To determine the frequency of post-operative asymptomatic hypocalcaemia in patients with total and subtotal thyroidectomy. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department Surgery, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Period: 1st July 2021 to 30th April 2022. Material & Methods: One hundred Sixteen post thyroidectomy male female age 18-50 years were included study using...

Stimmler, L., Snodgrass, G. J. A. I., and Jaffe, E. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 217. Dental defects associated with neonatal symptomatic hypocalcaemia. 12 children who had had hypocalcaemic convulsions between the 5th and 10th day of life were followed for 2 to 5 years. All 12 children had serious abnormalities of enamel of the canine and molar teeth resulting in progressive d...