Acute Pancreatitis as an Initial Presentation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Primary hyperparathyroidism and acute pancreatitis

patients with amultinodular thyroid gland, autonomous nodules, or latent Graves-Basedow disease due to increased thyroid hormone production and release. Its incidence is 1.7%. Areas with adequate iodine intake have a low incidence of hyperthyroidism induced by excess iodine intake. Euthyroid patients with some prior episode of postpartum thyroiditis, type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis, or...

primary hyperparathyroidism and pancreatitis: an uncommon cause of pancreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis as the Initial Presentation of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

Systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem disease, including the gastrointestinal system in about half of SLE patients. As a rare complication of SLE, acute pancreatitis presents as generalized flare-ups in most cases of patients previously diagnosed with SLE. Here we report a rare case of acute pancreatitis as the initial presentation with later diagnosis of SLE.