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Making (mis) sense of asymptomatic marked hypercalcemia in pregnancy
Giuseppe Maltese1, Louise Izatt2, Barbara M McGowan1
1Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London SE1 7EH UK.
Clinical Case Reports
|October 14, 2017
Abstract:
We describe a rare case of homozygous inactivating calcium-sensing receptor mutation detected during pregnancy and mimicking primary hyperparathyroidism. In pregnancy, the differential diagnosis of hypercalcaemia requires a cautious approach as physiological changes in calcium homeostasis may mask rare genetic conditions.