DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Hyperparathyroidism (Primary Suspected)

recurrent acute pancreatitis: a diagnostic clue to primary hyperparathyroidism

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Primary Hyperparathyroidism Masquerading as Rickets: Diagnostic Challenge and Treatment Outcomes

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is extremely uncommon among children and is more likely to be associated with genetic syndromes, multiglandular involvement, and more severe symptoms. Rickets can very rarely be the presenting feature of PHPT in children. Rickets was diagnosed in a 12-year-old girl presenting with short stature, genu valgum, eversion deformity at the ankle joints, and flat fee...

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Iran J Med Sci July 2016; Vol 41 No 4 361 Dear Editor, Acute pancreatitis induced by hypercalcemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a very rare condition, and its prevalence is estimated to be between 1.5% and 7%.1 Studies from India report an incidence between 6.8% and 12%.2 However, in patients with PHPT and resulting hypercalcemia, pancreatitis occurs 10 to 20 times more often th...