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Hypoparathyroidism

Nail dystrophy due to hypocalcemia

Nijjer S, Ghosh AK, Dubrey SW. Hypocalcaemia, long QT interval and atrial arrhythmias. BMJ Case Reports 2010 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2216]. Copyright © 2011 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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Hypoparathyroidism

ECG demonstrating an atrial arrhythmia most likely to be atrial fibrillation in a patient with hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia

Adapted from Nijjer S, Ghosh AK, Dubrey SW. Hypocalcaemia, long QT interval and atrial arrhythmias. BMJ Case Reports 2010 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2216]. Copyright © 2011 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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Videos

  • Trousseau sign
    Trousseau sign

    This video demonstrates Trousseau sign, a carpopedal spasm induced by ischemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff to a suprasystolic blood pressure.

  • Chvostek sign
    Chvostek sign

    Demonstration of Chvostek sign: twitching of the ipsilateral facial muscles in reponse to tapping the face anteriorly to the ear and below the zygomatic bone.

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