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22q11.2 deletion presenting with severe hypocalcaemia, seizure and basal ganglia calcification in an adult man.
Internal medicine journal - 1 Jan 2011
Cao Z, Yu R, Dun K, Burke J, Caplin N, Greenaway T
Abstract excerpt
We report a 40-year-old man who was found to have profound hypocalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism when investigated for multiple, generalized, tonic/clonic seizures and a chest infection. Computed tomography scan of the brain revealed extensive symmetric bilateral calcification within the cerebellum, thalamus and basal ganglia. Molecular cytogenetic testing by fluorescent in situ hybridization using the commercial...
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