Bone Abstracts

Background: 3 year old boy born to non-consanguineous parents. He was diagnosed to have autism at 2 years of age. He had a history of pica.Presenting problem: He was admitted with severe carpopedal spasms of hands and feet. Investigations revealed severe hypomagnesaemia at 0.26 (0.7–1.0) mmol/l, hypocalcaemia at 1.59 (2.2–2.6) mmol/l, hypokalaemia, hyponatremia and moderately low vitamin D levels. Parathyroid hormone concentration was low. Urin...