All issues > Volume 31(10); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(10):1350-1357. Published online October 31, 1988.

A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Childhood.

Dong Sung Kim¹, Soon Joo Lee¹, Kyung Il Lee¹, Byung Churl Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea

Received: February 15, 1988;  Accepted: May 19, 1988.

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
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by technetium-thallium subtraction and histopathological findings with chief cell hyperplasia. After subtotal parathyroidectomy, postoperative course was uneventful.

Keywords :Primary hyperparathyroidism