Endocrine Abstracts

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia is a rare clinical condition of persistently elevated serum calcium and reduced urinary calcium levels with an autosomal dominance inheritance pattern to the three out of four large types of this condition known. This rare condition goes largely undiagnosed as patients are largely asymptomatic and where symptoms are present, other causes of hypercalcaemia are considered first. Hyperparathyroidism, super-imposing on FHH, is an even rarer occ...