International Journal of Medicine Research

Authors
Gulali Aktas, Zuhal Mercan, Merve Erol Gulseven, Fatma Akdag Kahvecioglu, Fatih Atik, Fatime Demir, Aytekin Alcelik, Haluk Savli

Abstract
Iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia are frequent complications in patients undergone head and neck surgery. Symptoms of hypocalcemia; such as bronchospasm should be differentiated from bronchial obstructive symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We present a case with COPD and hypoparathyroidism resulted in hypocalcemic bronchospasm. Symptoms of the patient was resisted during bronchodilator therapy and only resolved by emergency treatment of hypocalcemia.