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Late-onset hypocalcemia appearing years after thyroid surgery

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We revised four cases of hypocalcemia diagnosed yr after thyroid surgery, including 1 man and 3 women, operated 5–23 yr before the onset of symptoms, which ranged from mild paresthesia to convulsive seizures. Total serum calcium levels ranged from 1.1 to 2.05 mmol/l, and PTH levels were low in the 3 cases in which they were measured. Hypoparathyroidism appearing as late-onset hypocalcemia after extense thyroid surgery is a poorly understood condition, perhaps not as unfrequent as it is considered.

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  1. Endocrinology Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    I. Halperin, A. Nubiola, J. Vendrell & E. Vilardell

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Halperin, I., Nubiola, A., Vendrell, J. et al. Late-onset hypocalcemia appearing years after thyroid surgery. J Endocrinol Invest 12, 419–420 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350718

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