CASE REPORT: EXTENSIVE BRAIN CALCIFICATION IN POSTSURGICAL HYPOPARATHYROIDISM

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  • Wipaporn LIKKASIT Department of Radiology, Sappasitthiprasong Hospital

Abstract

Basal ganglia calcification is common in hypoparathyroid states. However, extensive brain calcifications from vascular and perivascular deposits in postsurgical hypoparathyroidism are rarely described radiologically. A case of 54-year-old woman with secondary hypoparathyroidism after long standing subtotal thyroidectomy is presented. CT-scan showed extensive bilateral symmetrical calcifications in the region of the basal ganglia, cerebellum, thalamus,cerebral white matter and cortex. The mechanism of metabolic disturbance leading to vascular deposits are reviewed.

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2023-04-12

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LIKKASIT W. CASE REPORT: EXTENSIVE BRAIN CALCIFICATION IN POSTSURGICAL HYPOPARATHYROIDISM. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 12 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];6(3):207-12. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/540

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2000): September-December

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