A 35-year-old woman has calcium 1.78 mmol/L, magnesium 0.32 mmol/L and PTH is inappropriately low. She has chronic diarrhoea and alcohol excess. What

Question

A 35-year-old woman has calcium 1.78 mmol/L, magnesium 0.32 mmol/L and PTH is inappropriately low. She has chronic diarrhoea and alcohol excess. What is the most appropriate management focus?

Accepted Answer

Correct severe hypomagnesaemia to restore PTH secretion and action

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Give cinacalcet

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Start radioiodine

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Restrict dietary calcium

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Perform parathyroidectomy

Hypomagnesaemia-induced hypocalcaemia — SCE Endocrinology MCQ

A 35-year-old woman has calcium 1.78 mmol/L, magnesium 0.32 mmol/L and PTH is inappropriately low. She has chronic diarrhoea and alcohol excess. What is the most appropriate management focus?