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Coeliac disease caused severe hypocalcaemia and tetany resulting in bilateral femoral neck fractures and reversible neuropsychiatric symptoms in an elderly patient.
Coeliac disease can rarely present with severe tetany and hypocalcaemia leading to bilateral femoral neck fractures, with symptoms reversible upon treatment.
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May warrant considering coeliac disease in unexplained hypocalcaemic fractures in the elderly; leaves open true prevalence.
An elderly patient presenting with severe tetany secondary to hypocalcaemia causing bilateral fractures of the femoral necks, was proved to have coeliac disease. Severe muscle pains, an organic mental syndrome and personality changes are rare complications of coeliac disease and are reversible with treatment.
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Rubinstein et al. (1982) studied this question. Coeliac disease caused severe hypocalcaemia and tetany resulting in bilateral femoral neck fractures and reversible neuropsychiatric symptoms in an elderly patient.
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