Articles Related to Hyperphosphatemia
A Rare Case of Albrights Hereditary Osteodystrophy presenting as Recurrent Hypocalcemic Tetany
An internist with an eagle’s eye can diagnose many hidden diseases through careful examination. One such hereditary
metabolic disorder is Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy (AHO). Characteristic presentations in an individual affected
by AHO were short stature, obesity, mild mental retardation and brachydactyly especially of 4th and 5th digits, which
are the phenotypic features of genetic mutation. Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is characterized by inability of the
body to respond appropriately to parathormone, mainly characterized by hypocalcaemia, increased serum parathormone
concentration, insensitivity to the biological activity of parathormone and hyperphosphatemia. AHO when seen in
association with resistance to parathormone (PTH), it is called PHP. Here is a case report of 22-year-old female patient
with AHO with distinctive physical characteristics who presented to us with recurrent hypocalcaemic tetan
The Prevalence of Obesity among Subjects with Chronic Kidney Disease – Cross Sectional Study of Sri Lanka Population
The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is growing rapidly around the world, particularly in Asia. Over the last two decades Sri Lanka has experienced an epidemic of CKD, especially in the “Mahaweli” river basin in North Central region of the island that was not attributable to conventional risk factors - hence widely termed “CKD-unknown”.