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Published on: July 14, 2023
Treatment of severe hypocalcaemia due to osteoblastic metastases in a patient with post-thyroidectomy
Eva Kassi1, Ifigeneia Kapsali1, Michalis Kokkinos1
1National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Faculty of Medicine, , Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
Symptomatic hypocalcaemia is an uncommon finding in patients with malignant tumours. We describe a patient with advanced metastatic breast cancer who developed severe hypocalcaemia caused by the combination of osteoblastic metastases and a permanent postoperative hypoparathyroidism. The patient failed to be treated with the conventional replacement therapy and was submitted effectively to radionucleotide therapy with 153Sm.
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