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Severe acute pancreatitis as a first symptom of primary hyperparathyroid adenoma: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hironori Shimizu  and
Akira Kodama
Hironori Shimizu*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Numazu City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Akira Kodama
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Numazu City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Hironori Shimizu, M.D., Division of Developmental Genetics, Centre for Biochemical Science, Chiba University School of Medicine, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-Ku, Chiba 260, Japan. Fax: 81 43 226 2183
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Abstract

We present a case of severe acute pancreatitis in a 14-year-old boy that may have been caused by hyperparathyroidism. The clue to finding the parathyroid adenoma was the hypercalcaemia. Although the patient did have acute pancreatitis, no therapy had been effective until the discovery of the parathyroid adenoma. After the excision of the parathyroid adenoma, the function of the pancreas and serum calcium returned to normal. This result suggests a certain cause and effect relationship between hyperparathyroidism and acute pancreatitis.

Keywords

HyperporathyroidismAcute pancreatitisAdenomaparathyroid
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 6 , June 1996 , pp. 602 - 603
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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