| A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Childhood. |
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Dong Sung Kim, Soon Joo Lee, Kyung Il Lee, Byung Churl Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea |
| 소아 원발성 부갑상선 기능항진증 1례 |
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김동성, 이순주, 이경일, 이병철 |
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가톨릭의대 소아과학교실 |
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Received: 15 February 1988 • Accepted: 19 May 1988 |
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| Abstract |
Primary hyerparathyrodism is rare in children under the age of sixteen and is characterized by
conspicuous skeletal and renal changes.
An 11 years old male patient who had complained of severe lower back pain, nausea and vomiting
since last 3 months, showed typical laboratory and radiological findings of primary hyperparathy
roidism.
Confirmatory diagnosis was made by elevated serum parathyroid hormone concentration, imaging
method
by technetium-thallium subtraction and histopathological findings with chief cell hyperplasia.
After subtotal parathyroidectomy, postoperative course was uneventful. |
| Key Words:
Primary hyperparathyroidism |
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