Audio Qbank – Q194 – A 64F reports occasional fatigue

 

A 64-year-old woman comes to the physician for a routine health maintenance examination. She reports occasional fatigue. The following nomogram represents her serum parathyroid hormone and calcium concentrations. What’s the most likely diagnosis in this patient?

 

Metastatic malignancy
Osteomalacia
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
Parathyroid adenoma

 

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