[Severe constipation indicative of pseudohypoparathyroidism and resolved after normalization of the blood calcium].
Hypocalcemia does not appear among the endocrine and metabolic causes of constipation. The work-up of a severe constipation has disclosed a pseudo-hypoparathyroidism according to the clinical picture described by Albright, associating signs of hypo-parathyroidism, a characteristic dysmorphic syndrome, mental deficiency and normal PTH dosages. The resolve of the constipation along with the return to a normal calcemia suggests that hypocalcemia should be added to the long list of endocrine and metabolic causes of constipation.
D000328:Adult; D003248:Constipation / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; C008088:alfacalcidol
Constipation sévère révélatrice d'une pseudo-hypoparathyroïdie et résolutive après normalisation de la calcémie.