Acute necrotizing pancreatitis as fi rst manifestation of primary hyperparathyroidism

We report the case of a female patient with severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis associated with hypercalcemia as first manifestation of primary hyperparathyroidism caused by a benign parathyroid adenoma.Initially the acute pancreatitis was treated conservatively.The patient subsequently underwent...

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Published in:World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2010 (23)
Main Author: Jeroen I Lenz Jimmy M Jacobs Bart Op de Beeck Ivan A Huyghe Paul A Pelckmans Tom G Moreels
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Language:English
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Summary:We report the case of a female patient with severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis associated with hypercalcemia as first manifestation of primary hyperparathyroidism caused by a benign parathyroid adenoma.Initially the acute pancreatitis was treated conservatively.The patient subsequently underwent surgical resection of the parathyroid adenoma and surgical clearance of a large infected pancreatic pseudocyst.Although the association of parathyroid adenoma-induced hypercalcemia and acute pancreatitis is a kno...
ISSN:1007-9327
2219-2840