Difference between revisions of "Parathyroid glands"

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**CASR (calcium sensing receptor) gene defect.<ref name=omim601199>{{OMIM|601199}}</ref>
**CASR (calcium sensing receptor) gene defect.<ref name=omim601199>{{OMIM|601199}}</ref>


==Hypercalcemia DDx==
=Hypercalcemia DDx=
Mnemonic ''GRIMED'':<ref>TN06 Emerg.</ref>
Mnemonic ''GRIMED'':<ref>TN06 Emerg.</ref>
*Granulomatous disease (tuberculosis, [[sarcoidosis]]).
*Granulomatous disease (tuberculosis, [[sarcoidosis]]).
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*Immobility.
*Immobility.
*Malignancy (esp. squamous cell carcinoma, [[plasmacytoma]]).
*Malignancy (esp. squamous cell carcinoma, [[plasmacytoma]]).
*Endocrine (primary hyperparathyroidism - leads to [[brown tumour]]).
*Endocrine (primary hyperparathyroidism, tertiary hyperparathyroidism, familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH)).
*Drugs (thiazides ... others).
*Drugs (thiazides ... others).
Note:
*Hyperparathyroidism and FHH are assoc. with an increased PTH.<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1129>{{ref PBoD8|1129}}</ref>
**Other causes are assoc. with a decreased PTH.


=Normal parathyroid glands=
=Normal parathyroid glands=
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