Psedohypoparathyroidism in newborn - a rare presentation.
A 7-day-old male baby was referred with history of persistent multifocal convulsions from second day of life. He was found to have hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, normal serum magnesium and normal renal function tests. Serum parathormone was found to be elevated. Baby was diagnosed as case of pseudohypoparathyroidism and was treated with calcium supplementation and calcitriol. At 9 months he was asymptomatic on treatment, with normal serum calcium and phosphorus.
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Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. sajithanayar@hotmail.com
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D002117:Calcitriol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium