Pt in 40s thin, new poorly controlled DM, severe HTN, nephrotic proteinuria, retinopathy, hypercalcemia 12-13. Cr 1.0 Previously healthy but not seeing doc regularly. PTH 40s after repleting vit D. 24 hr urine ca anywhere from undetectable to <150. Pth-rp nl, Pan CT negative for cancer. Calcium still 12s after IVFs in hospital briefly improved it. Pt a little dizzy in general. Has orthostasis, BP 150s sitting to 120s standing. Next steps for hypercalcemia??

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Total zebra, but pheo is sometimes associated with orthostasis and with hypercalcemia through PTH-dependent and independent mechanisms.

Much more likely I would think would be secondary hyperpara from diabetic kidney disease (which is severe, evidenced by the proteinuria, though his GFR is well preserved). PTH 40 is WNL in your units, is that right? Should be suppressed by hypercalcemia and isn't.

Practically, 13 (3.24) is around the zone where i might consider empirically using a bisphosphonate for control. Or sensipar if it is covered for him, based on the hyperparathyroid idea.

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@cmclase thanks! Trying to see if I’m missing any zebras. With low calcium excretion I thought I’d pick up FHH. Genetic testing neg for FHH. Thought of the pheo zebra (some secrete calcitonin)…plasma metanephrines wnl. Parathyroid scan neg (I know it’s not 100%), i empirically gave cinacalcet and no improvement in calcium. Vit A wnl. Cystatin c eGFR is lower at 38 but don’t think would have hypercalcemia w/secondary hyperpara…

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@alexchangmd @hswapnil I guess I'd call this tertiary hyperparathyroidism, because of the hypercalcaemia. PTH should be suppressed for any other cause of hypercalcaemia, though that isa pathophysiology argument not one I can support with evidence. I think you've done due diligence for now diagnostically. Are you thinking of using bisphosphonate IV or only of hypercalcaemia worsens?

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I didn’t mention that this patient was heterozygous for a SLC34A3 variant Ser192Leu on the genetic testing. This causes increased risk of hypercalciuria (which are pt doesn’t have) due to low serum phos stimulating calcitriol synthesis. Bialleic cases have been described w/hypercalcemia but not monoalleic cases. I don’t feel this pts case is explained by that mutation but may be contributing medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

Risk of Nephrolithiasis in adults heterozygous for SLC34A3 Ser192Leu in an unselected health system cohort

Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in solute carrier family 34, member 3 ( SLC34A3 ) cause hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria (HHRH). Patients heterozygous for SLC34A3 pathogenic variants may be at increased risk for renal calcification but reports have been mostly limited to family members of patients with autosomal recessive HHRH. To determine the phenotypic spectrum of SLC34A3 Ser192Leu, we examined the most pathogenic SLC34A3 variant Ser192Leu (238 out of 174,417 participants) in an unselected, health system-based research cohort in central and northeast Pennsylvania. SLC34A3 Ser192Leu heterozygotes had higher risks of nephrolithiasis ICD diagnosis (13% vs. 6%), hypophosphatemia <2.5 mg/dL (31/96 [32%] vs. 6226/39636 [16%]), lower eGFR (−4.43, 95% CI: −7.03, −1.83; p=0.001) and tended to have higher prevalence of kidney/liver cyst ICD codes (5% vs. 3%; p=0.09), compared to controls. Further studies are needed to determine whether personalized approaches (i.e. phosphate supplementation) to patients heterozygous for SLC34A3 pathogenic variants can reduce kidney stone burden and risk of kidney function decline. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. ### Funding Statement The patient enrollment and exome sequencing were funded by the Regeneron Genetics Center. ### Author Declarations I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. Yes The details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below: The ethics committee/IRB of Geisinger Medical Center gave ethical approval for this work, and participants completed informed consent in the Geisinger MyCode/DiscovEHR study I confirm that all necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived, and that any patient/participant/sample identifiers included were not known to anyone (e.g., hospital staff, patients or participants themselves) outside the research group so cannot be used to identify individuals. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable. Yes All data produced in the present work are available upon reasonable request to the authors and subject to a data use agreement.

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@cmclase @hswapnil pts 1,25 dihydroxyvit D was 40s so I figure can try to suppress that with either fluconazole or hydroxychloroquine off-label for more “targeted” treatment than bispnosphonates. Side note: she has excellent bone density…again would have been great to have a dx of FHH. Checked a ACE level (high of course w/no evidence of disease anywhere…why did I check it??) She agreed to give hydroxychloroquine a shot as a next step... will see if any response. Still needs a cscope done.

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