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Pseudohypoparathyroidism differential diagnosis
Introduction

Overview
Overview
Pseudohypoparathyroidism can be differentiated from other causes of increased parathyroid hormone( PTH) and parathyroid hormone resistance like Blomstrand chondrodysplasia, acrodysostosis, hypomagnesemia, hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism.
Differentiating Pseudohypoparathyroidism from other Diseases
Differentiating Pseudohypoparathyroidism from other Diseases
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism can be differentiated from other causes of increased parathyroid hormone( PTH) and parathyroid hormone resistance like Blomstrand chondrodysplasia, acrodysostosis, hypomagnesemia, hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism.[1][2][3][4]
| Differential diagnosis of Pseudohypoparathyroidism | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disorders | Mechanism | Laboratory findings | |||||
| Serum PTH | Serum Calcium | Serum Phosphate | Other findings | ||||
| Pseudohypoparathyroidism [1][2][3] | Type 1a |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
| |
| Type 1b |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
| ||
| Type 1c |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
| ||
| Type 2 |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ | |||
| Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism |
|
Normal | Normal | Normal | — | ||
| Hypoparathyroidism |
|
↓ | ↓ | ↑ | |||
| Hypomagnesemia[5][4] |
|
Inappropriately ↓ | Normal/↓ | — |
| ||
| Acrodysostosis | Acrodysostosis type 1 |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Multiple hormone resistance | |
| Acrodysostosis type 2 |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Multiple hormone resistance | ||
| Blomstrand chondrodysplasia |
|
↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ Urinary Phosphate, ↑ Urinary cAMP | ||
| Hyperparathyroidism | Primary hyperparathyroidism |
|
↑ | ↑ | ↓/Normal | Normal/↑ calcitriol | |
| Secondary hyperparathyroidism |
|
↑ | ↓/Normal | ↑ | — | ||
| Tertiary hyperparathyroidism |
|
↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
— | ||
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levine MA (2012). “An update on the clinical and molecular characteristics of pseudohypoparathyroidism”. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 19 (6): 443–51. doi:10.1097/MED.0b013e32835a255c. PMC 3679535. PMID 23076042.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mantovani G (2011). “Clinical review: Pseudohypoparathyroidism: diagnosis and treatment”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 96 (10): 3020–30. doi:10.1210/jc.2011-1048. PMID 21816789.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lee S, Mannstadt M, Guo J, Kim SM, Yi HS, Khatri A, Dean T, Okazaki M, Gardella TJ, Jüppner H (2015). “A Homozygous [Cys25]PTH(1-84) Mutation That Impairs PTH/PTHrP Receptor Activation Defines a Novel Form of Hypoparathyroidism”. J. Bone Miner. Res. 30 (10): 1803–13. doi:10.1002/jbmr.2532. PMC 4580526. PMID 25891861.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Freitag JJ, Martin KJ, Conrades MB, Bellorin-Font E, Teitelbaum S, Klahr S, Slatopolsky E (1979). “Evidence for skeletal resistance to parathyroid hormone in magnesium deficiency. Studies in isolated perfused bone”. J. Clin. Invest. 64 (5): 1238–44. doi:10.1172/JCI109578. PMC 371269. PMID 227929.
- ↑ Jahnen-Dechent W, Ketteler M (2012). “Magnesium basics”. Clin Kidney J. 5 (Suppl 1): i3–i14. doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfr163. PMC 4455825. PMID 26069819.
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