Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ajay Gade MD [2]]

Overview

Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia. Very rarely its done in patients with associated pancreatitis, parathyroid adenoma, hyperparathyroidism, and hypercalciuria.

Surgery

Parathyroidectomy in FHH is rarely done in patients if associated conditions are present along with the FHH such as^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Brachet C, Boros E, Tenoutasse S, Lissens W, Andry G, Martin P, Bergmann P, Heinrichs C (2009). “Association of parathyroid adenoma and familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia in a teenager”. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 161 (1): 207–10. doi:10.1530/EJE-09-0257. PMID 19423559.
↑ Carling T, Szabo E, Bai M, Ridefelt P, Westin G, Gustavsson P, Trivedi S, Hellman P, Brown EM, Dahl N, Rastad J (2000). “Familial hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria caused by a novel mutation in the cytoplasmic tail of the calcium receptor”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 85 (5): 2042–7. doi:10.1210/jcem.85.5.6477. PMID 10843194.

Overview