CEREBRAL CALCINOSIS AND LEARNING-DISABILITIES IN HYPOPARATHYROIDISM -A CAUSE AND EFFECT OR A COINCIDENCE

A 12-year-old child is described in whom the presentation of learning difficulties and history of previous cataract removal led to a diagnos is of primary hypoparathyroidism, Cranial computed tomography revealed extensive calcinosis, previously described only in adults with long-s tanding hypoparathyroidism, and neuropsychologic evaluation revealed a marked symmetrical decrease in intellectual function, The possibility of the severe complication of brain calcinosis necessitates prompt di agnosis and treatment of hypoparathyroidism.