scholarly journals Long-term Follow-up of Case of Hypophosphatemic Vitamin D Resistant Rickets

2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
Akio Matsuzaki
Author(s):  
Erdal Kurnaz ◽  
Semra Çetinkaya ◽  
Selin Elmaoğulları ◽  
Aslıhan Araslı Yılmaz ◽  
Nursel Muratoğlu Şahin ◽  
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Abstract Objectives Nutritional rickets (NR) is still an important problem and one which increasing influxes of immigrants are further exacerbating. This study evaluated cases of mostly immigrant children followed up with diagnoses of NR in our pediatric endocrinology clinic. Methods Details of 20 cases diagnosed with NR between 2017 and 2020 were retrieved from file records. Results Twenty (11 male) cases were included in the study. Three (15%) were Turkish nationals and the others (85%) were immigrants. Hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia were detected in 17 and 13, respectively. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) values were normal in two cases, while ALP and parathyroid hormone (PTH) values were elevated in all other cases, and PTH levels were very high (473.64 ± 197.05 pg/mL). 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were below 20 ng/mL in all cases. Patients with NR received high-dose long-term vitamin D or stoss therapy. Six patients failed to attend long-term follow-up, while PTH and ALP levels and clinical findings improved at long-term follow-up in the other 14 cases. Conclusions The elevated PTH levels suggest only the most severe cases of NR presented to our clinic. Clinically evident NR is therefore only the tip of the iceberg, and the true burden of subclinical rickets and osteomalacia remains unidentified. Public health policies should therefore focus on universal vitamin D supplementation and adequate dietary calcium provision, their integration into child surveillance programs, adequate advice and support to ensure normal nutrition, exposure to sunlight, and informing families of the increased risk not only for resident populations but also for refugee and immigrant children.


1964 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 978-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONALD S. PIERCE ◽  
WILLIAM M. WALLACE ◽  
CHARLES H. HERNDON

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 6111-6111
Author(s):  
S. K. Taylor ◽  
M. Ennis ◽  
N. S. Hood ◽  
M. Graham ◽  
K. I. Pritchard ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marin Strøm ◽  
Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson ◽  
Susanne Hansen ◽  
Charlotta Granström ◽  
Ekaterina Maslova ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
J. Pittaway ◽  
K.D.K. Ahuja ◽  
J. Beckett ◽  
M.L. Bird ◽  
I. Robertson ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenia Gurevich ◽  
Shelly Levi ◽  
Yael Borovitz ◽  
Hadas Alfandary ◽  
Liat Ganon ◽  
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Purpose: Hypercalcemia with low parathyroid hormone (PTH) level, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, or nephrolithiasis, was recently reported as caused by mutations in CYP24A1 and SLC34A genes. These encode for vitamin D-24A-hydroxylase and for the renal phosphate transporters NaPiIIa and NaPiIIc, respectively. We aimed to describe the clinical course of these monogenic disorders in patients with and without found mutations during long-term follow-up.Methods: Ten patients with hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, elevated 1,25-(OH)2D levels and suppressed PTH were followed in our center during 1998–2019. Relevant laboratory and imaging data and results of genetic evaluation were retrieved from medical files.Results: The median age at presentation was 9.5 months (range 1 month−11 years), six were males, and the median follow-up time was 3.8 (1.1–14) years. Mutations in CYP24A1 and SLC34A3 were identified in three and one patients, respectively. Five patients presented with nephrocalcinosis, three with nephrolithiasis, and two had normal renal ultrasound. High blood calcium and 1,25-(OH)2D levels at presentation decreased during follow-up [11.1 ± 1 vs. 9.9 ± 0.5 mg/dl (p = 0.012), and 307 ± 130 vs. 209 ± 65 pmol/l (p = 0.03), respectively]; this paralleled an increase in suppressed PTH levels (5.8 ± 0.9 vs. 11.8 ± 7.3 pg/ml, p = 0.2). Substantial improvements in hypercalciuria and renal sonography findings were not observed. Two patients had impaired renal function (eGFR 84–88 ml/min/1/73 m2) at the last follow up. Interventions included appropriate diet, citrate supplementation, and thiazides.Conclusion: Despite improvement in hypercalcemia and 1,25-(OH)2D levels, not all the patients showed improvements in hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis. Deterioration of renal function was also observed. Long-term follow up and intervention to prevent nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis are recommended in these children.


1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jules B. Puschett ◽  
Myron Genel ◽  
Asghar Rastegar ◽  
Constantine Anast ◽  
Hector F. DeLuca ◽  
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