Hypoparathyroidism is a rare endocrine disorder in which parathyroid hormone (PTH) production is abnormally low or absent, resulting in low serum calcium and increased serum phosphorus. The most common cause of hypoparathyroidism is parathyroid gland injury or inadvertent removal during thyroid surgery. Current treatments include supplementation with calcium and active vitamin D, with goal albu...

OBJECTIVE Standard treatment in hypoparathyroidism consists of calcium and vitamin D (or vitamin D analogs) but does not employ replacement of the actual missing hormone. Only few studies have evaluated the efficacy of calcium/vitamin D treatment in hypoparathyroidism; the impact of chronic hypoparathyroid disease on well-being has not been investigated previously. DESIGN Cross-sectional, con...

Postoperative hypoparathyroidism is the most frequent complication after total thyroidectomy. The identification of preoperative predictors could be helpful to identify patients at risk. aim this study determine if vitamin D levels are related transient, protracted, and permanent hypoparathyroidism. A prospective, observational that includes 100 who underwent Transient was present in 42% patien...

RATIONALE Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (IHP) is a rare endocrine condition, which is frequently represented by neuropsychiatric disorders. Hence, the misdiagnosis rate of the disease is rather high, especially for neurologists. PATIENT CONCERNS We reported a case of misdiagnosed, atypical IHP. In addition, the literature on IHP and the misdiagnosis published in China in the past 2 decades ha...

hepatic calcification is usually associated with infectious, vascular, or neoplastic processes in the liver. we report the first case of beta-thalassemia major with isolated diffuse hepatic calcification in a 23 year old woman, who had been transfusion-dependent since the age of 6 months. she was referred to our center with a chief complaint of abdominal pain. computed tomography scan of the ab...

It is well known that hypoparathyroidism may present signs and symptoms of mental deficiency, neuroses or psychoses. Diverse neurological manifestations including extrapyramidal symptomatology have been noted as the only presenting signs in the absence of tetany (Fourman, et al; Kaye, et al; Greene and Swanson; Wise and Hart; Dimich, et al; Fonseca and Calverley; Sugar; Lachmann). Convulsions a...