A Case of "Late" Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism.

Related Articles

A Case of "Late" Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism.

Case Rep Endocrinol. 2017;2017:3962951

Authors: Simões CA, Costa MK, Comerlato LB, Ogusco AA, Araújo Filho V, Dedivitis RA, Cernea CR

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Postsurgical hypoparathyroidism normally occurs a short time after thyroid surgery in form of two clinical syndromes of different etiology and prognosis. The first is transitory and might spontaneously recover within a few weeks or months. The second is permanent and needs a definitive treatment. Only few cases of hypoparathyroidism clinically evident after many years from surgery have been reported.
CASE REPORT: A case of hypoparathyroidism clinically evident only three and a half years after surgery is reported. Our findings and review of a few cases reported by medical literature suggest the existence of a third form of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism, characterized by a late beginning.

PMID: 28642829 [PubMed]

http://ift.tt/2tZWEQW