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Chempath 20: Clinical Chemistry CPC Flashcards

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What happens when you fall on an outstretched hand

A

Colles fracture

Radius fractures backwards away from the palm side

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2
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What fracture is caused by falling on a flexed wrist ?

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Smith’s fracture

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3
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List 3 causes of hypercalcaemia ?

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Primary hyperparathyroidism
Cancer
Sarcoidosis

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4
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How can you differentiate Primary hyperparathyroidism from cancer causing hypercalcaemia ?

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Plasma PTH

0 in cancer and high in primary hyperparathyroidism

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5
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What is PTHrP ?

Give 2 locations where its produced ?

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PTH related peptide

Produced by the placenta (so mothers calcium increases and baby can steal some)
produced by breast and secreted into breast milk

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6
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Why is PTHrP activation in cancer a bad prognostic feature ?

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PTHrP stimulates cancer invasion of bone by turning on osteoclasts.

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7
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Which enzyme activates Vitamin D in the kidneys ?

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1-alpha hydroxylase

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8
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How does vitamin D affect the kidneys ?

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Activated vitamin D (calcitriol) causes increased reabsorption of calcium

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9
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Which tumours are featured in MEN1 ?

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Pituitary tumour
Parathyroid tumour
Pancreas - islet cell tumour

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What symptoms do you get with hypercalcaemia ?

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Moans- depression, psychosis, coma
Groans- constipation, abdominal pain,
Bones- fractures, bone pain (osteitis fibrosa cystica)
Stones- renal colic (calcium oxalate stones)

Polydipsia and polyuria (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus)

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11
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Which organism causes recurrent UTIs in patients with calcium stones ?

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Proteus mirabilis

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Why are patients so dehydrated with Hypercalcaemia ?

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Calcium acts like mannitol, it causes water to move with it into the urine causing a diuresis

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How do you treat hypercalcaemia ?

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  • Saline fluids (to rehydrate), 6L in 24 hrs, first L quickly over 1hr to deal with dehydration
  • Furusamide (causes calcium loss in the urine)
  • IV pamidronate (a bisphosphonate that stops bone resorption by causing osteoclast apoptosis. Only use in very high calcium)
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14
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Why is giving saline to hypercalcaemia patients with liver failure contraindicated ?

What do you give instead ?

A

They retain salt so can cause hypernatraemia

Dextrose Fluids

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15
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Which diuretics should be avoided in hypercalcaemia ?

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Thiazides

They cause increased calcium reabsorption into the blood.

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16
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Which feature of Osteitis fibrosa cystica is described by this histology:

“Multinucleate giant cells in the bone”

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Brown tumours

Giant cells are the activated osteoclasts

17
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A lady is noted to have hypercalcaemia, her chest X ray shows bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy.

What is the most likely diagnosis ?

A

Sarcoidosis

18
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A histology specimen of a patient with hypercalcaemia shows “non-caseating granuloma”.

What is the most likely diagnosis ?

A

Sarcoidosis

19
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What is the mainstay of treatment for sarcoidosis ?

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Steroids

20
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How does sarcoidosis cause Hypercalcaemia ?

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  • Macrophages in the lungs of people with sarcoidosis express 1-alpha-hydroxylase.
  • This causes increased activation of vitamin D (especially in the summer)
  • Activated Vitamin D causes increased calcium reabsorption from the kidneys and G.I tract
21
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What are the cardiac effects of hyper and hypokalaemia

A

Hyperkalaemia - asystole

Hypokalaemia - VF

22
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What are the mechanisms of hypercalcaemia of malignancy

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PTHrP

Cancer invading the bone

23
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Describe features of primary hypercalcaemia

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Causes efflux of calcium from bone and increased calcium reabsorption in kidney + increased absorption of calcium in the intestines
PTH - activates 1 alpha hydroxylase in kidneys - activates vitamin D - increases absorption of calcium in intestines

24
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Sign of hypercalcaemia

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Band keratopathy

Calcium deposition across the front of the eye

25
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Complications of hypercalcaemia

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Renal stones
Pancreatitis
Peptic ulcer disease
Skeletal changes - osteitis fibrosa cystica

26
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Management of renal stones

A

Lithotripsy
Cystoscopy
Lithotomy

27
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Surgery for hyperparathyroidism

A

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

Technetium sestamibi can show a hyperactive parathyroid gland

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