Endocrine Abstracts

Challenges of hypercalcaemia can arise in several points in management: In diagnosis (for example differentiating primary hyperparathyroidism from familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia), in emergency management (for example poor response to intravenous saline and bisphosphonates), and in elective management (considering which patients are likely to benefit from parathyroidectomy).This session will use case examples to explore commonly encountered problem...

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FHH) is a rare but highly penetrant autosomal dominant condition, which is characterised by lifelong mild-to-moderate hypercalcaemia in association with normal or mildly raised serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations. FHH is considered to be a benign and asymptomatic condition, which in general requires no specific treatment. However, as this disorder has a similar serum biochemical phenotype to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), ...

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