An Interesting Case Of Idiopathic Primary Hypoparathyroidism

Chronic hypocalcemia has various neurological and neuromuscular manifestations which include muscle spasms, facial grimacing, carpopedal spasm, raised intracranial pressure, changes in finger nails and hair, lenticular cataracts, and in extreme cases laryngeal spasms and convulsions. Hypoparathyroidism is one of the most common causes of chronic hypocalcemia. We present a case of recurrent convulsions, who was incidentally found to have basal ganglia calcifications, severe hypocalcemia associated with hypomagnesemia and hyperphosphatemia and was eventually diagnosed as primary hypoparathyroidism