Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypercalcaemia is a relatively common medical condition affecting around 1% of the general population. Around 90% of the cases are due to either primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) or malignancy. Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (fHH) is a rare autosomal dominant condition that can result in hypercalcaemia. It has an estimated prevalence of1 in 78 000. In most of the cases, fHH is due to a mutation in the calcium-sensing receptor gene (CaSR). Other rare cases...