Extensive İntracranial Calcifications Secondary To İatrogenic Hypoparathyroidism

Year 2004, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 39 - 41, 01.04.2004

Yelda Özsunar Dayanır Alparslan Ünsal Kutsi Köseoğlu

Abstract

Hypoparatyroidsm can be associated with calcification of basal ganglia. Extensive intracerebral calcification extending into subcortical white matter, is however rarely seen in hypoparatyroidism. A 20-year-old female who presented with unexplained seizures underwent computerized tomography (CT) examination. CT showed extensive paranchymal calcification, which lead to a diagnosis of iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism. The radiological findings and differential diagnosis of intracerebral calcifications were discussed.

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