Pseudohypoparathyroidism. A 25-year delay in diagnosis.
The diagnosis of pseudohypoparathyroidism is often not made until many years after the onset of symptoms and signs characteristic of the disease. A case history presented here illustrates this and stresses the importance of determining the calcium concentration in plasma in all patients with attacks of sensory and motor phenomena.
D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002118:Calcium