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Albright hereditary osteodystrophy: Delay in the diagnosis of a rare disorder due to restricted medical services.

Sahar NoorNasrin HakimzadaNijatullah SafiSultan Mahmood AlikozaiAbdul Jamil RasooliTooryalai JalalzaiQais SiddiquiAhmad Jalil SestaniNajla NasirSarah NoorAhmed Maseh HaidarySaifullah Khalid
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
A teenage Afghan girl presented with seizure. Clinical features and laboratory investigations revealed elevated serum parathormone, high phosphate levels with low serum calcium. In third-world countries, diagnosis of rare disorders, such as Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO), can usually be delayed due to scarcity of standard medical and diagnostic services.
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