Acute Hypocalcaemia with Hypoparathyroidism after Pharyngeal Cauterization for Bleeding Several Days after a Tonsillectomy

Tikaria R and Lundin MS

Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, USA

^*Correspondance to: Richa Tikaria 

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Abstract:

A 28-year-old female started bleeding several days after an uncomplicated tonsillectomy. After cauterization, she developed symptomatic acute hypocalcaemia with hypoparathyroidism. This resolved with calcium and vitamin D supplementation and she did not require any long-term vitamin D or calcium. This case is interesting because while hypoparathyroidism is a common complication of parathyroidectomy or other neck surgery, it is not typically associated with tonsillectomy. Moreover, rat’s post-parathyroidectomy has been demonstrated to have survival benefit after implantation of differentiated human mesenchymal stem cells obtained from the tonsils [1-3], so this report may support a common origin of tonsil and parathyroid mesenchyme.

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Tikaria R, Lundin MS. Acute Hypocalcaemia with Hypoparathyroidism after Pharyngeal Cauterization for Bleeding Several Days after a Tonsillectomy. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021; 6: 1936..