Hypoparathyroidism Associated with Benign Thyroid Nodules in DiGeorge-like Syndrome : A Rare Case Report and Literature Review

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BACKGROUND: DiGeorge-like syndrome (DGLS) is a rare genetic disorder due to the presence of the same classical clinical manifestations of DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) without its typical deletion. In the DGLS phenotype, hypoparathyroidism seldom occurs and is considered rare. In DGS, hypocalcemia affects up to 70% of patients, and a considerable share often has asymptomatic thyroid abnormalities.

CASE DESCRIPTION: In this study, we describe an unusual case of a 16-year-old patient with DGLS due to a duplication of 365 kb in the 20p11.22 region, affected by hypoparathyroidism associated with thyroid nodule. The intraoperative parathyroid evaluation ruled out agenesis as a cause of hypoparathyroidism. In addition, we carried out a thorough literature review from 2010 to 2023 of DGLS cases using specific keywords, such as "22q11.2 deletion syndrome", "DiGeorge-like Syndrome", "hypoparathyroidism", "thyroid", and "children", analyzing 119 patients with DGLS.

CONCLUSION: Interestingly enough, the present case represents, to our knowledge, the first report of a patient with DGLS associated with hypoparathyroidism and the presence of thyroid nodules where an intraoperative observation reported a non-functional parathyroid gland.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - (2023) vom: 17. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Spinelli, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Ghionzoli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Guglielmo, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Baroncelli, Giampiero [VerfasserIn]
Tyutyusheva, Nina [VerfasserIn]
Frega, Alessia [VerfasserIn]
Patrizio, Armando [VerfasserIn]
Fallahi, Poupak [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Silvia Martina [VerfasserIn]
Antonelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Case Reports
Children
DiGeorge-like syndrome
Hypoparathyroidism
Thyroid

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Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.2174/0118715303274582231102094440

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NLM364776595