A CASE OF MILD HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN CHILDHOOD

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LATHAM, SC
BORDIER, P
DOYLE, FH
HIGGS, FD
JOPLIN, GF
TAYLOR, S
THALASSINOS, NC
机构
[1] Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital
[2] Le Centre du Métabolisme Phosphocalcique, Hôpital Lariboisière
[3] University of Queensland, St. Lucia
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A West Indian girl aged 9 developed transient abdominal pain, vomiting, intense constipation, and occasional headaches. There was gross hyper-calciuria and moderate hypercalcaemia which was suppressed to normal limits by oral hydrocortisone on the first occasion. A small parathyroid adenoma was subsequently removed, after which the plasma calcium reverted to normal and the hypercalciuria resolved. The phosphate excretion index, bone biopsy, and measurement of radiological bone density proved to be the most useful investigations in establishing a diagnosis.
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