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Pseudo-hipoparatireoidismo

Evidence last reviewed: 27 Mar 2026
Topic last updated: 17 Dec 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • história familiar positivo de pseudo-hipoparatireoidismo
  • cãibra muscular
  • parestesias
  • contrações musculares
  • sinal de Chvostek positivo
  • deficiência intelectual
  • Osteodistrofia hereditária de Albright
  • espasmos musculares
  • tetania
  • sinal de Trousseau positivo
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Other diagnostic factors

  • letargia
  • ansiedade
  • convulsões
  • discinesias paroxísticas
  • unhas quebradiças
  • cabelos ressecados
  • calcificação subcutânea
  • catarata
  • características do hipotireoidismo
  • características de outras resistências hormonais
  • malformação de Chiari tipo 1
  • história de cálculos biliares de colesterol
  • características de psicose
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Risk factors

  • história familiar positivo de pseudo-hipoparatireoidismo (PHP)
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • cálcio sérico
  • fósforo sérico
  • paratormônio (PTH) sérico
  • creatinina sérica
  • magnésio sérico
  • 25-hidroxivitamina D sérica
  • hormônio folículo-estimulante
  • hormônio luteinizante
  • estradiol
  • testosterona
  • hormônio do crescimento
  • fator de crescimento semelhante à insulina-1
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Tests to consider

  • radiografia das mãos
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
  • hormônio estimulante da tireoide (TSH) sérico
  • tiroxina livre sérica (T4)
  • resposta ao paratormônio humano exógeno (1-34)
  • exame de densitometria óssea (DEXA)
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) do crânio
  • análise da mutação do GNAS
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

hipocalcemia sintomática

ONGOING

hipocalcemia assintomática

Contributors

Authors

Neil Gittoes, MD, FRCP

Consultant Endocrinologist and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology

Department of Endocrinology

Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham

UK

Disclosures

NG declares that he has no competing interests.

John Ayuk, MD, FRCP

Consultant Endocrinologist

Department of Endocrinology

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham

UK

Divulgaciones

JA declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Professor Neil Gittoes and Dr John Ayuk would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Emad Naem and Dr Kent Wehmeier, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

EN and KW declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Giovanna Mantovani, MD

Institute of Endocrine Science

University of Milan

Milan

Italy

Divulgaciones

GM is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Ronald Merrell, MD

Professor of Surgery

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond

VA

Divulgaciones

RM declares that he has no competing interests.

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Artículos principales

Mantovani G, Bastepe M, Monk D, et al. Diagnosis and management of pseudohypoparathyroidism and related disorders: first international Consensus Statement. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Aug;14(8):476-500.Texto completo  Resumen

Mantovani G, Bastepe M, Monk D, et al. Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of pseudohypoparathyroidism and related disorders: an updated practical tool for physicians and patients. Horm Res Paediatr. 2020;93(3):182-96.Texto completo  Resumen

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Primer on the metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism. 9th ed. 2018 [internet publication].Texto completo

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