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Idiopatic hypoparathyroidism, is an important cause of basal ganglia calcification. Extensive calcification may also be seen at different intracranial locations such as thalamus, frontal white matter and cerebellum. In some studies it has been revealed that the duration of hypocalcemia has a positive corelation with intracranial calcification. The clinical significance of basal ganglia calcification in idiopatic hypoparathyroidism is not clear but has been linked to neuropsychological and neurological dysfunctions such as impaired attention, memory, defisit of information processing, executive function and extrapyramidal symptoms. Idiopatic hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease and there is insufficient data in the literature on the frequency of neuropsychological dysfunctions which may be seen in the disease. In this paper, a 49-year-old female patient which was admitted to hospital with complaints of numbness and spasm in the hands is presented. The clinical and imaging findings of the patient diagnosed with idiopatic hypoparathyroidism due to low calcium and parathormone levels in the laboratory examinations are discussed here. It is emphasized here that idiopathic hypoparathyroidy should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of extensive and symmetrical intracranial calcifications detected by the imaging methods such as computed tomography.

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