Parathyroid Adenoma in Child: A Case with Unusual Presentation

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine

卷:5

Chhanda Das¹  Bedabrata Mukhopadhyay²  Priyanka Maity³  Madhumita Mukhopadhyay⁴ 

[1] Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, IPGME & R, India. ;

[2] Postgraduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, IMS, BHU, India.;

[3] Postgraduate Student, Department of Pathology, IPGME & R, India. ;

[4] Professor, Department of Pathology, IPGME & R, India.;

关键词: hyperparathyroidism;    pancreatitis;    pain abdomen;   

DOI  :  10.7860/NJLM/2016/18389:2116

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Parathyroid adenoma causing hyperparathyroidism occursmainly in age groups between 50 to 60 years. It is rare inchildren. Presentation in Paediatric patients with primaryhyperparathyroidism is usually with vague symptoms likeanorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, irritability, polyuriaand polydipsia. Few can present with nephrolithiasis, bonepain, rickets or acute pancreatitis. Here, we are presentinga rare case of a 12 years old female child who presentedwith chief complaints of recurrent abdominal pain for twomonths. Various investigations proved it to be a case ofprimary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenomaand it was successfully treated with surgery

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