Chondrocalcinosis related to familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis

Cimbek E. A., Sen Y., Yuca S. A., Peru H.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.28, no.5-6, pp.713-716, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 5-6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/jpem-2013-0254
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.713-716
  • Keywords: chondrocalcinosis (CC), hypercalciuria, hypomagnesemia, INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATE, DEPOSITION
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition disease (also known as chondrocalcinosis, CC) is a rare metabolic arthropathy mostly seen in elderly patients. Chondrocalcinosis may be associated with metabolic diseases such as hypomagnesemia when it occurs in young people. We report here a case with hypomagnesemia due to familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) who developed CC during clinical follow-up. To our best knowledge this is the first case of a young patient with CPPD associated with FHHNC.