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- Title
A reversible case of rapidly progressive dementia—Hypercalcemia due to hyperparathyroidism.
- Authors
Oliveira Martins Duarte, Josiana; Pereira, Paula Maria Lobato Pestana; Lopes, João Nuno Gamito; Goes, Ana Teresa Loução; Durán, David Campoamor; Sobral, Ana Sofia Gonçalves Nunes; Rita, Henrique José Barrelas; Sousa e Costa, José António
- Abstract
With an increasingly aging population, it is of extreme importance to exclude potentially reversible dementias, such as hyperparathyroidism with hypercalcemia, in the differential diagnosis of a rapidly progressive dementia. According to literature, this entity is undervalued and it is highly relevant to be aware of it.
- Subjects
HYPERCALCEMIA; DEMENTIA; POPULATION aging; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2019, Vol 7, Issue 12, p2571
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.2564