Abstract
Summary: A 12-year-old girl, who presented with joint pains, was found to have hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia due to increased renal tubular reabsorption, increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity, and osteomalacia. These features, which resemble those found in so-called hypohyperparathyroidism, were all rapidly reversed by small doses of cholecalciferol.