ea0041ep340 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ECE2016
Panta Raju
, Makdissi Antoine
, Batra Manav
, Chaudhuri Ajay
Introduction: Calcium metabolism during pregnancy changes significantly but ionized calcium level remains normal. During pregnancy, there is two-fold increase in intestinal calcium absorption mediated by increase in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Hypercalcemia in pregnancy is uncommon and most reported cases are primary hyperparathyroidism.Case report: A 18-year-old 10 weeksÂ’ pregnant African American female presented to hospital with epigastric pain, nau...