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    A Case of Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 Presenting with Hypocalcemia
    (Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, 2019) Korkmaz, Özlem; Özen, Samim; Gökşen, Damla; Darcan, Şükran
    Autoimmunepolyglandular syndrome type 1 is a very rare monogenic autosomal recessivedisease, defined by the presence of at least two of three major diseases:Chronic mucocutanenous candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism and autoimmune adrenalfailure. The range of these secondary autoimmune disorder is broad andvariable. In this paper, we presented a case of autoimmune polyglandularsyndrome type 1 whose initial diagnosis was hypoparathyroidism presenting withhypocalcemia. A 14 year old girl presented with hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism atthe age of 8, and chronicmucocutanenous candidiasis, thyroiditis and hypergonadotropic hypogonadismwas detected at follow-up.Autoimmune hypoparathyroidism may a first sign of OPS type 1. Therefore, youngpatients with hypocalcemia should be followed on regüler basis for related other autoimmune disease that may occurover time.