Parathyroid carcinoma during pregnancy: a novel pathogenic CDC73 mutation - a case report.

Background: Parathyroid carcinoma is an uncommon cause of PTH-dependent hypercalcemia. Only a handful of cases have been reported of parathyroid carcinoma during pregnancy.

Case Presentation: Twenty-four - Year - old female presented with proximal myopathy was found to have hypercalcemia.

A novel mutation of gene causing Gitelman syndrome.

A 48-year-old patient with a history of diabetes mellitus, presented to a surgical ward with abdominal pain. She was found to have hypokalemia. Her younger sister had passed away due to sudden cardiac death at the age of 25 years.

Association between child maltreatment and constipation: a school-based survey using Rome III criteria.

Objective: Child abuse leads to multiple physical and psychosomatic sequelae. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between child abuse and constipation among schoolchildren.

Methods: Children 13 to 18 years of age were selected from 4 semiurban schools in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.