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CASE REPORT
Year : 2012  |  Volume : 1  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 112-114

A rare case of hypocalcemia in hyperthyroidism


Department of General Medicine, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Kadugondanahalli, Bangalore - 560 045, Karnataka, India

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Jayashankar C Anjanappa
Department of General Medicine, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College, Kadugondanahalli, Bangalore - 560 045, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-344X.101713

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A 35-year-old woman presented with multinodular goitre with features of hyperthyroidism of two years' duration. While on treatment for hyperthyroidism she developed clinical features of tetany. Evaluation revealed low serum calcium, low serum parathyroid hormone (PTH), no hyperventilation, normal serum albumin level, normal serum cortisol, normal serum magnesium, no previous surgical or radio iodine therapy for thyroid dysfunction. She responded to treatment with antithyroid drug and calcium supplements and symptoms improved after two weeks. This rare association of hypoparathyroidism (idiopathic) in multinodular goitre with hyperthyroidism is presented.


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