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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 pancre...

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Main Author: Abdullah, M.
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Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2003
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RD Surgery
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/1586/
http://www.e-mjm.org/2003/v58n4/Primary_Hyperparathyroidism.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.15862019-03-01T05:44:37Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1586/ Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism Abdullah, M. RD Surgery 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 hormone levels led to open neck exploration and finding of a solitary parathyroid adenoma. Post-surgery, serum calcium returned to normal and abdominal symptoms disappeared. The case report and the accompanying literature review support our belief, that acute pancreatitis is one of the symptoms of pHPT often caused by a parathyroid adenoma and curable by its excision. Malaysian Medical Association 2003-10 Article PeerReviewed Abdullah, M. (2003) Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 58 (4). pp. 600-603. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2003/v58n4/Primary_Hyperparathyroidism.pdf 15190638
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topic RD Surgery
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Abdullah, M.
Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
description 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 hormone levels led to open neck exploration and finding of a solitary parathyroid adenoma. Post-surgery, serum calcium returned to normal and abdominal symptoms disappeared. The case report and the accompanying literature review support our belief, that acute pancreatitis is one of the symptoms of pHPT often caused by a parathyroid adenoma and curable by its excision.
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author Abdullah, M.
author_facet Abdullah, M.
author_sort Abdullah, M.
title Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
title_short Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
title_full Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
title_fullStr Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
title_full_unstemmed Pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
title_sort pancreatitis in primary hyperparathyroidism
publisher Malaysian Medical Association
publishDate 2003
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/1586/
http://www.e-mjm.org/2003/v58n4/Primary_Hyperparathyroidism.pdf
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