PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G L Walker
AU  - P M Williamson
AU  - R B Ravich
AU  - J Roche
TI  - Hypercalcaemia associated with cerebral vasospasm causing infarction.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.43.5.464
DP  - 1980 May 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 464--467
VI  - 43
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/5/464.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/5/464.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1980 May 01; 43
AB  - Central nervous system disorders are not uncommon in patients with hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcaemia. Usually these consist of neuropsychiatric disturbances but acute encephalopathies and seizures may occur. A rare manifestation is cerebral infarction. A patient is presented with neuroradiological evidence of infarction caused by cerebral arterial spasm which appears related to hypercalcaemia due to hypervitaminosis D. Arterial spasm is suggested as a possible aetiological factor in focal neurological lesions associated with hypercalcaemia.