neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism
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Epidemiology
rare
Pathology
- Ca+2-sensing receptor (CASR) in kidney with diminished activity
Genetics
- autosomal recessive
- associated with defects in CASR
- may be homozygous form of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
Clinical manifestations
- life-threatening disorder
- skeletal demineralization
- parathyroid hyperplasia
Laboratory
- very high serum Ca+2