HYPOPARATHYROIDISM ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

We describe a 15-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with hypocalcemia and a generalized seizure in the sett ing of an intercurrent illness and active central nervous system lupus . She was subsequently found to have idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Th e association of SLE with hypoparathyroidism is extremely rare and thi s case represents the first pediatric report of this rare association. We suggest there may be a common underlying pathophysiological proces s linking these diseases.