THE EFFECT OF HIGH OESTROGEN DOSES ON SERUM CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS, AND URINARY CALCIUM EXCRETION, IN PATIENTS WITH ACROMEGALY

1969 ◽  
Vol 61 (1_Suppl) ◽  
pp. S191
Author(s):  
Hans Erik Sjöberg ◽  
Sigbritt Werner
2005 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 2122-2126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Grey ◽  
Jenny Lucas ◽  
Anne Horne ◽  
Greg Gamble ◽  
James S. Davidson ◽  
...  

Abstract Vitamin D insufficiency is common in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and may be associated with more severe and progressive disease. Uncertainty exists, however, as to whether repletion of vitamin D should be undertaken in patients with PHPT. Here we report the effects of vitamin D repletion on biochemical outcomes over 1 yr in a group of 21 patients with mild PHPT [serum calcium <12 mg/dl (3 mmol/liter)] and coexistent vitamin D insufficiency [serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] <20 μg/liter (50 nmol/liter)]. In response to vitamin D repletion to a serum 25(OH)D level greater than 20 μg/liter (50 nmol/liter), mean levels of serum calcium and phosphate did not change, and serum calcium did not exceed 12 mg/dl (3 mmol/liter) in any patient. Levels of intact PTH fell by 24% at 6 months (P < 0.01) and 26% at 12 months (P < 0.01). There was an inverse relationship between the change in serum 25(OH)D and that in intact PTH (r = −0.43, P = 0.056). At 12 months, total serum alkaline phosphatase was significantly lower, and urine N-telopeptides tended to be lower than baseline values (P = 0.02 and 0.13, respectively). In two patients, 24-h urinary calcium excretion rose to exceed 400 mg/d, but the group mean 24-h urinary calcium excretion did not change. These preliminary data suggest that vitamin D repletion in patients with PHPT does not exacerbate hypercalcemia and may decrease levels of PTH and bone turnover. Some patients with PHPT may experience an increase in urinary calcium excretion after vitamin D repletion.


2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 698-701
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD ISHAQ ◽  
ISRAR AHMED AKHUND ◽  
MOULA BUX LAGHARI ◽  
Muhammad Sabir

Aims & Objectives: To evaluate the effects of Serum Calcium and Urinary Calcium excretion on upper urinary tract stone diseases in the Peshawar (a high stone incidence belt). Subjects & Methods: One hundred patients (age 20-60years) who were suffering severely from upper urinary tract stone disease were selected from LRH and Hayatabad Medical Complex Hospitals of Peshawar, same numbers of healthy controls from the same region were also selected for the study. Results: When results were summed up and testParameters were compared, it was seen that mean Serum Calcium in stone formers was greater than that of non-stone formers (P<0.001). Same pattern was also observed (P< 0.001) in both groups regarding mean urinary calcium excretion. Conclusions: We concluded that calcium is a definitive risk factor in upper urinary tract stone disease. However we suggest further work and research on wide scale population inorder to evaluate this relation. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subashini Rajoo ◽  
Yueh Chien Kuan ◽  
Chin Voon Tong

Abstract The prevalence of mediastinal parathyroid adenoma is unknown. Embryological origin and more extensive aberrant migration of the parathyroid glands result in ectopic glands found in the mediastinum. We report herein 4 cases of ectopic parathyroid adenoma causing primary hyperparathyroidism from three public hospitals in MalaysiaCase 1.A 70 year old lady with underlying diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura and liver cirrhosis presented with incidental asymptomatic hypercalcemia during an admission for pneumonia. Her blood results revealed high corrected calcium of 2.93 mmol/L (2.02-2.60) and a low phosphate of 0.66 (0.81-1.45) mmol/L with an unsuppressed intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) of 14.56 pmol/L (1.6-6.9). She had an equivocal urinary calcium excretion ratio of 0.01. Her bone mineral density confirmed severe osteoporosis at distal radius and neck of femur with a Tscore of -3.6 and -3.1 respectively. A hyperfunctioning ectopic parathyroid gland was seen in the Technetium Sestamibi scan which corelates with a mediastinal lymphadenopathy on CECT. The largest node measured 1.6 x 1.2 cm. Parathyroid gland was confirmed on HPE of the video-assisted-thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) excision of the mediastinal mass. Intraoperative iPTH (ioPTH) serially reduced from 8.87 to 1.94 to 1.03 pmol/L and she maintained a serum calcium levels of 2.4 mmol/L post surgery. She did not require any calcium or vitamin D supplementation. Case 2. A 36 year old male presented with generalized body weakness secondary to hypokalemia. His calcium was 3.07 mmol/l, phosphate 0.64 mmol/l and iPTH 11.53 pmol/L. Increase Technetium uptake seen at mediastinum. Post operatively, calcium normalized and remained stable 1 year later. Case 3.47 year old female presented with acute gallstone pancreatitis complicated with a pancreatic pseudocyst. She was found to have hypercalcemia of 2.77 mmol/L, phosphate 0.70 mmol/l and iPTH 21.87 pmol/L. Sestamibi scan revealed hyperfunctiong parathyroid tissue posterior to the left thyroid lobe and in the mediastinum. She is awaiting surgery. Case 4.Another asymptomatic 47 year old male who has history of post Radioactive-iodine hypothyroidism had an incidental finding of serum calcium of 2.69-2.84 mmol/L, phosphate 0.71-0.91 mmol/L and iPTH 9.89 pmol/L with urinary calcium excretion ratio of 0.019. His Sestamibi scan showed uptake at the superior mediastinum. Ectopic parathyroid gland is rarely encountered. With the advent of Technetium-Sestamibi scintigraphy, ectopic parathyroid adenoma can be localized easily. However, surgery poses a challenge due the location of the adenoma which may occasionally be near large vascular structures in the mediastinum. The availability of intraoperative PTH aids the decision for surgical exploration and completion.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Shaw

The relationship between urinary calcium excretion and serum calcium was studied at stable serum calcium levels, both normal and elevated. The linearity of this relationship being known, the slope of this line could be determined by sampling only at its lower and upper ends, that is, by measuring urine and serum calcium at a resting level and at a constant level of hypercalcemia produced by a calcium infusion. This method permitted three sets of measurements at each of the two levels, and also tended to eliminate the factor of renal delay time. The procedure was performed with normal subjects, with normals given vitamin D2 or parathyroid extract, and with subjects having hyperparathyroidism, sarcoidosis, and recurrent renal calculi. In the normal subjects the gradient of the slope appeared to indicate that there is no maximal tubular reabsorptive capacity for calcium, in the range sampled at any rate. The slopes of the various abnormal subjects mostly did not differ markedly from those of the normals. One incidental finding was that resting levels of urinary calcium excretion were significantly depressed 24 h following vitamin D2 administration, despite unchanged serum calcium levels.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1189-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyne Layane Pereira Lemos ◽  
Sergio Ricardo de Lima Andrade ◽  
Lívia Laeny Henrique Pontes ◽  
Patricia Moura Cravo Teixeira ◽  
Elba Bandeira ◽  
...  

Introduction: Normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism (NPHPT) is characterized by elevations in serum parathyroid hormone levels in the presence of normal serum calcium concentrations after exclusion of secondary hyperparathyroidism. We have previously demonstrated no differences in the prevalence of clinically active urolithiasis between NPHPT and hypercalcemic asymptomatic PHPT, and that it is significantly higher in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with NPHPT in comparison to women with normal serum PTH and calcium concentrations. Few studies have addressed the occurrence of silent or occult kidney stones in asymptomatic hypercalcemic PHPT, but no data are available for NPHPT. Objective: To determine the presence of occult urolithiasis in NPHPT patients using routine abdominal ultrasonography. Methods and Results: We studied 35 patients with NPHPT (mean age 63.2 ± 10.7 years, 96% women; serum PTH 116.5 ± 39.2 pg/mL, 25OHD 38.5 ± 6.82 ng/mL, total calcium 9.1 ± 0.56 mg/dL; albumin 4.02 ± 0.37 g/dL; BUN 34.35 ±10.23 mg/dL; p = 3.51 ± 0.60 mg/dL; estimated glomerular filtration rate 88.44 ± 32.45 mL/min/1.73 m2, and 24-h urinary calcium excretion 140.6 ± 94.3 mg/24 h). The criteria for the diagnosis of NPHPT were as follows: serum PTH above the reference range (11–65 pg/mL), normal albumin-corrected serum calcium concentrations, normal 24-h urinary calcium excretion, serum 25OHD above 30 ng/mL, estimated GFR (MDRD) above 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (with the exclusion of medications such as thiazide diuretics, lithium, bisphosphonates, and denosumab), a history of clinical symptoms of urolithiasis, and a family history of kidney stones. Thirty-five patients were evaluated and 25 of them met the inclusion criteria. Five patients presented nephrolithiasis corresponding to 20% of the study population. There were no statistically significant differences in any of the clinical or laboratory variables studied between patients with or without urolithiasis, although mean serum PTH levels were higher in patients with stones (180.06 ± 126.48 vs. 100.72 ± 25.28 pg/mL, p = 0.1). The size of the stones ranged from 0.6 to 0.9 cm and all of the stones were located in the renal pelvis. Conclusion: We found a high prevalence of occult kidney stones in NPHPT patients, similar to what is observed in clinically manifested urolithiasis, in hypercalcemic PHPT.


1973 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. F. Lekkerkerker ◽  
H. Doorenbos

ABSTRACT The influence of thyroid hormone on calcium absorption and urinary calcium excretion was investigated in thirteen totally thyroidectomized patients, five of whom were treated with dihydrotachysterol for hypoparathyroidism. Seven patients with primary myxoedema were also studied. In both groups calcium absorption capacity was higher during the hypothyroid phase. Thyroid hormone seems to influence calcium absorption directly, independently of the parathyroid hormone. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is decreased in thyroid hormone deficiency. Only in the thyroidectomized patients was an increase in the serum calcium and fractional urinary calcium excretion observed. The serum calcium level in thyroidectomized patients not treated with thyroid hormone is determined by the decrease in GFR and in the increased absorption of calcium in the gut in the presence of latent hypoparathyroidism.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Sachin K. Majumdar ◽  
Tess Jacob ◽  
Allen Bale ◽  
Allison Bailey ◽  
Jeffrey Kwon ◽  
...  

Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) is considered a relatively benign condition characterized by mild elevations in serum calcium and relatively low urinary calcium excretion. It results from an elevated set point in serum calcium arising from variants in the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene but also AP2S1 and GNA11 genes, which encode for adaptor-related protein complex 2 and G11 proteins, respectively. The manifestations of FHH can vary and sometimes overlap with primary hyperparathyroidism making the diagnosis challenging. Case Presentations. We report a mother and daughter with a novel heterozygous variant in the CaSR gene resulting in a serine to leucine substitution at position 147 (S147L) of the CaSR. Both patients had mild hypercalcemia, relatively low urinary calcium excretion, elevated calcitriol, and low-to-normal intact PTH. The proband (daughter) presented with symptoms associated with hypercalcemia and was incidentally found to have a bony lesion suspicious for osteitis fibrosa cystica, and she was also diagnosed with sarcoidosis. Subtotal parathyroidectomy revealed normal-weight parathyroid glands comprised of 50–80% parathyroid epithelial cells, which has been documented as within the spectrum of normal. Her mother had no symptoms, and no intervention was pursued. Conclusion. We report a novel variant in the CaSR associated with FHH in two patients with similar biochemical features yet differing clinical manifestations. While the relationship of the bony findings and parathyroid histology with this variant remains unclear, these cases enrich our knowledge of CaSR physiology and provide further examples of how varied the manifestations of FHH can be.


1971 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Aitken ◽  
D. McKay Hart ◽  
D. A. Smith

1. A group of women who had undergone hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy were studied and subsequently given either 20–40 μg of mestranol per day or a placebo for 1 year. 2. The administration of mestranol to these oophorectomized women for 1 year was associated with significant falls in serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations, a fall in urinary calcium excretion and a rise in relative urinary phosphorus excretion. 3. It is suggested that these results are consistent with an increase in sensitivity to calcitonin and that the relative hyperphosphaturia reflects a compensatory rise in parathyroid hormone activity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Rathod ◽  
Olivier Bonny ◽  
Idris Guessous ◽  
Paolo M. Suter ◽  
David Conen ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 5601-5610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Kwang Donovan Tay ◽  
Gaia Tabacco ◽  
Natalie E Cusano ◽  
John Williams ◽  
Beatriz Omeragic ◽  
...  

Abstract Context Conventional treatment of hypoparathyroidism is associated with decreased renal function and increased bone mineral density (BMD). Objective To evaluate the effects of 8 years of recombinant human parathyroid hormone (1-84) [rhPTH(1-84)] therapy on key biochemical and densitometric indices. Design Prospective open-label trial. Setting Tertiary medical center. Participants Twenty-four subjects with hypoparathyroidism. Intervention Treatment with rhPTH(1-84) for 8 years. Main Outcome Measures Supplemental calcium and vitamin D requirements, serum calcium and phosphorus levels, calcium-phosphate product, urinary calcium excretion, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and BMD. Results PTH therapy was associated with progressive reduction in supplemental calcium (57%; P < 0.01) and active vitamin D (76%; P < 0.001) requirements over 8 years. Serum calcium concentration was stable; urinary calcium excretion declined 38% (P < 0.01). eGFR remained stable and was related to baseline eGFR and serum calcium levels. Calcium-phosphate product was below the recommended limit; serum phosphorus remained within normal range. Lumbar spine and total hip BMD increased, peaking at 4 (mean ± SE, 4.6% ± 1.5%; P = 0.01) and 8 years (2.6% ± 1.1%; P = 0.02), whereas femoral neck BMD did not change and one-third radius BMD decreased (mean ± SE, −3.5% ± 1.1%; P = 0.001). BMD at all sites was higher throughout the 8 years than in the age- and sex-matched reference population. Hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia were uncommon. Conclusion rhPTH(1-84) is a safe and effective treatment for hypoparathyroidism for 8 years. Long-term reductions in supplemental requirements and biochemical improvements with stable renal function are maintained.


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