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http://dx.doi.org/10.5223/kjpgn.2011.14.1.86

Tetany in a 13-Year-Old Girl with Wilson's Disease  

Ra, Chae-Ik (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kim, Sang-Yong (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Koh, Hong (Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition / v.14, no.1, 2011 , pp. 86-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism consequence of which leads to accumulation of copper in the liver, brain, cornea and other tissues. The manifestations are more likely to be hepatic in the early childhood and neurological in the adolescents. In addition, the abnormalities that develop during disease progression may result in other manifestations such as hematologic, endocrine, or renal findings. We report a thirteen year-old girl who manifested tetany shortly after the initial diagnosis of Wilson's disease. Despite aggressive calcium, magnesium and vitamin D replacement, the hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia did not respond to the therapy promptly. It took more than three weeks for blood levels of the minerals to be normal. We concluded that tetany occurred in our patient because of hypoparathyroidism as a rare complication of Wilson disease, vitamin D deficiency resulting from various conditions, and inconclusive hypomagnesemia.
Keywords
Wilson's disease; Hypoparathyroidism; Hypocalcemic; Tetany; Vitamin D deficiency;
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