MON-376 Head to Toe Hyperparathyroidism - Impending Hyperparathyroid Crisis and Subsequent Crystal Arthropathies

The myriad of presentations associated with PHP are well established, however gout is not commonly associated with this disease. Additionally, it is unusual to see multiple threatening and potentially debilitating complications occur concurrently in one patient. An asymptomatic elderly male with hypertension presented to the PCP for the first time and was found on routine blood work to have a serum creatinine of 4.03 mg/dl, a serum calcium of 12.1mg/dl, and a PTH of 831.7ng/L. Subsequent Tc-99 Sestamibi scanning suggested that the source was both a single right inferior parathyroid adenoma and an ectopic mediastinal adenoma. At the initial encounter the patient’s hypercalcemia was treated with IV fluid resuscitation and calcitonin then subsequently cinacalcet. Renal ultrasound at that time showed normal sized kidneys with several cysts, and phosphate levels ranged from 2.0-3.9 mg/dl (range 2.5-4.5mg/dl. The patient’s serum calcium was controlled at 10.44mg/dl, and his renal function improved to a serum creatinine of 3.08mg/dl. Prior to discharge patient developed acute left knee pain, and was found to have an inflammatory arthritis, with urate crystals seen. The patient was diagnosed with an acute gout flare, which responded well to colchicine and was discharged. The patient eventually underwent parathyroidectomy, which showed a large 4cm left superior parathyroid as well as a large right superior parathyroid gland extending into the mediastinum. Pathology was consistent with parathyroid hyperplasia. After surgery, the patient developed hungry bone syndrome, with an admitting serum level calcium of 6.05mg/dl, serum magnesium of 2.00mg/dl, serum phosphorus of 2.8mg/dl, and serum potassium of 5.1mg/dl, with clinical features of tetany and weakness that resolved after two days with calcium and calcitriol administration. He again had an acute monoarticular arthritis prior to discharge that had both urate and calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joint fluid and again responded well to colchicine and glucocorticoids. He was eventually discharged on vitamin D and calcium supplementation, with cinacalcet and colchicine. This case illustrates the multiple clinical teaching points that exist in primary hyperparathyroidism, including both types of presentation and potential complications. It also expresses the need to be vigilant of some rarer clinical features, such as potential hyperparathyroid crisis and multiple enlarged parathyroid glands. Physicians should also be wary of both gout and CPPD, as well as complications that occur post parathyroidectomy such as hungry bone syndrome.