Journal article
Parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old—an unusual cause of hypercalcaemic crisis
Postgraduate medical journal, Vol.77(909), pp.468-470
07/2001
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.909.468
PMCID: PMC1760986
PMID: 11423601
Abstract
Since the advent of automated serum analysis, patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are often asymptomatic at presentation or have mild symptoms attributable to the disease. Parathyroid crisis is a rare and potentially fatal complication of PHPT in which patients develop severe hypercalcaemia with signs and symptoms of multiple organ dysfunction. A case of parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old man who presented with brown tumours and renal stones is described.
Keywords:
hypercalcaemia; hyperparathyroidism; parathyroid crisis; hypercalcaemic crisis
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old—an unusual cause of hypercalcaemic crisis
- Creators
- P Wong - Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USAC Carmeci - Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USAR Jeffrey - Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USAR Weigel - Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Postgraduate medical journal, Vol.77(909), pp.468-470
- Publisher
- BMJ Group
- DOI
- 10.1136/pmj.77.909.468
- PMID
- 11423601
- PMCID
- PMC1760986
- ISSN
- 0032-5473
- eISSN
- 1469-0756
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2001
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Surgery; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025287002771
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