[Diagnostic approach to hypocalcaemia and hypercalcaemia].

A 49-year-old woman was examined for osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease after a low-trauma wrist fracture. Laboratory and additional radiological investigations revealed parathyroid hormone (PTH)-mediated hypercalcaemia caused by a parathyroid adenoma. A second patient, a 65-year-old woman with a history of abdominal complaints and tetany, appeared to have hypocalcaemia.