Endocrine Abstracts

A 29-year-old man of South Asian descent presented with pancreatitis. Adjusted calcium was 3.10 mmol/l and PTH 9.8 μmol/l. Of note was that his parents were first cousins, and a cousin had undergone parathyroidectomy for hypercalcaemia.Pituitary, adrenal and thyroid function, calcitonin, prolactin, phosphate, magnesium, alkaline phosphatase and urinary catecholamines were all normal. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D was 20 nmol/l (15–100) The patient was th...