Fahr's Syndrome Presenting with Dementia and Severe Hypocalcemia Decades after Total Thyroidectomy in A Woman Affected by Chronic Renal Failure and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Precipitating Role for Risankizumab?

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

Recalcitrant hypocalcemia in a lactating woman after total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma.

BACKGROUND The risk of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy is well-described in the literature. Recalcitrant hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy in a lactating woman is uncommon and may require multiple strategies to correct. METHODS We present a case report of a lactating woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma requiring total thyroidectomy and neck dissections. RESULTS Postoperatively the ...

Critical Points Regarding Hypocalcemia after Total Thyroidectomy.

I read with interest the article “Comparison of Intraoperative versus Postoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels to Predict Hypocalcemia Earlier after Total Thyroidectomy,” by Lee et al, published online in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. The authors analyzed the differences in the mean parathyroid hormone levels for normocalcemic and hypocalcemic total thyroidectomy patients who were teste...

[Incidence of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy].

BACKGROUND Postoperative hypocalcemia is one of the most common complications of thyroid surgery. It is related to the type of disease (malignant or benign), the number of identified parathyroid glands during the surgical procedure, and the surgeon's experience. Total thyroidectomy is the procedure of choice in our hospital for benign and malignant thyroid disease, but it can increase the incid...

The electrocardiogram in hypothyroidism and hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy.