Abstract | RATIONALE: PATIENT CONCERNS AND DIAGNOSES: A 52-year-old woman with acute parkinsonism was diagnosed as pseudohypoparathyroidism after the conducting of brain computed tomography, laboratory examinations, and gene detection. The son of the patient was also examined and was diagnosed as pseudohypoparathyroidism, who had ever complained of the history of epilepsy. The clinical manifestations of parkinsonism of the patient was reevaluated after the supplement of serum calcium according to the diagnosis. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES: The brain computed tomography revealed the basal ganglia calcification of the patient, accompanying by serum hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia. Loss of function mutation also confirmed the diagnosis. Five days after the therapy targeting at correction of serum hypocalcemia, the patient improved greatly in dyskinesia. LESSONS:
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Authors | Cheng-Yuan Song, Zhen-Xiang Zhao, Wei Li, Cong-Cong Sun, Yi-Ming Liu |
Journal | Medicine
(Medicine (Baltimore))
Vol. 96
Issue 11
Pg. e6312
(Mar 2017)
ISSN: 1536-5964 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 28296742
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Basal Ganglia Diseases
(complications)
- Calcinosis
(complications)
- Calcium
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Parkinsonian Disorders
(ethnology)
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism
(complications, drug therapy)
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