CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE DEPOSITION DISEASE AND FAMILIAL HYPOMAGNESEMIA

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 8  (5) , 767-771
Abstract
A 40-yr-old woman presented with calcium pyrophosphate synovitis and chondrocalcinosis. She was subsequently found to have hypomagnesemia, as did her 22-yr-old son. Metabolic studies demonstrated normal gastrointestinal absorption of Mg and impaired renal conservation of Mg without other evidence of renal tubular dysfunction. Apparently, a genetically determined abnormality of Mg metabolism was responsible for the occurrence of chondrocalcinosis in this patient.