parathyroid neoplasms/abdominal pain

The simultaneous occurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and pancreatitis during pregnancy is very rare. We present a case of concurrent PHPT and pancreatitis in pregnancy and review 13 cases reported in the English and Japanese literature. Two maternal and three fetal deaths occurred.

A 34 year old male was hospitalized because of severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. An abdominal X-ray revealed multiple calculi in the head of pancreas and blood tests showed his serum calcium level to be high. He underwent surgery of the parathyroid gland and a parathyroid tumor was removed. Two

Five young patients with primary hyperparathyroidism were treated in our hospital. Male to female ratio was 3 to 2 and the mean age was 12.2 years old. Hypercalcemia due to a single adenoma of the parathyroid gland was found in all cases. They showed various clinical symptoms, such as abdominal

Hypercalcemia is defined as a serum calcium concentration that is greater than two standard deviations above the normal mean, which in children may vary with age and sex, reflecting changes in the normal physiology at each developmental stage. Hypercalcemic disorders in children may present with