Endocrine Abstracts

A 41 year old male patient presented to the endocrinology unit due to recurrent long bone fractures and teeth decay. His past medical history was nonsignificant for any chronic disease. He was a child of consanguineous marriage; his father and mother were first degree cousins. There were no other family members with similar phenotype or history of recurrent fractures He was 154 cm in height and weighed 58 kg. The arm span was 139 cm. Upper to lower segment ratio was 1.16. He h...

A 42 year old male patient was admitted to the gastroenterology unit in due to severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He denied any chronic illness and drug usage. His family history was nonsignificant for any endocrine disease. Based on biochemical studies (lipase 2280 U/l, calcium 15.0 mg/dl, phosphorus 1.7 mg/dl amylase 631 U/l, creatinine 1.16 mg/dl, ALP 735 U/l) severe hypercalcemia induced acute pancreatitis was the diagnosis. 25 OH vitamin D was 5 ng/ml and parathyroid hor...