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3280087

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
Hypercalcaemia is considered to be a rare cause of pancreatitis but the true cause-and-effect relationship between hyperparathyroidism and pancreatic inflammatory disease remains controversial. Over 100 patients have been reported in whom both processes have occurred concurrently, but doubts have been expressed as to whether or not this association is due to chance. We report 10 new cases of hypercalcaemic hyperparathyroidism associated with different types of pancreatitis. Seven patients had primary hyperparathyroidism and three had hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation. Two experienced acute pancreatitis after parathyroidectomy. Of the remaining eight patients, five had hypercalcaemia equal to or above 120 mg/l. The prevalence of pancreatitis in our series of 86 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism is 8 per cent. Acute and chronic calcifying types of pancreatitis were observed. Three patients died of the disease, two of them after renal transplantation. It is suggested that pancreatitis may complicate the clinical course of hyperparathyroidism, particularly when hypercalcaemia is moderate to severe and/or there are other risk factors such as treatment with steroids and azathioprine after renal transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Pancreatitis and hyperparathyroidism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Hospital de Nostra Senyora del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't