Pancreatitis and hyperparathyroidism.

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Chronic pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism: comparison with alcoholic and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare cause of chronic pancreatitis and there is a paucity of data on this interesting association. There is also no data comparing the clinical profile of chronic pancreatitis secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism with that of alcohol related and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. METHODS The clinical and biochemical spectrum of chronic pancreatiti...

Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism.

The cause and effect relationship between acute pancreatitis and primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) still evokes controversy. Our paper reviews the debate in the medical literature. In this controversy we add a case of a 49-year old non-alcoholic man presenting with recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis. His raised serum calcium was realized rather late. Eventually, high intact parathyroid ho...

Parathyroid Carcinoma Presenting as an Acute Pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis is a severe condition with a high mortality rate and it is most commonly caused by Gallstone ́s Disease and excessive alcohol use [1,2]. Acute pancreatitis caused by hypercalcemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is very rare [3]. The relationship between acute pancreatitis and hypercalcemia was first reported in 1947, but it was not fully appreciated until 10 years l...

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: A Rare Association with Multiple Facets

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is rarely associated with the occurrence of acute or chronic pancreatitis. Hypercalcemia plays a major role in the pathogenesis. We report five cases of pancreatitis revealing PHPT. Patients and Methods. This is a retrospective study of 4 years, including all patients admitted to intensive care unit or gastroenterology department, for an acute or chronic pancr...