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Parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old - an unusual cause of hypercalcaemic crisis POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL Wong, P., Carmeci, C., Jeffrey, R. B., Weigel, R. J. 2001; 77 (909): 468-470

Abstract

Since the advent of automated serum analysis, patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are often asymptomatic at presentation or have mild symptoms attributable to the disease. Parathyroid crisis is a rare and potentially fatal complication of PHPT in which patients develop severe hypercalcaemia with signs and symptoms of multiple organ dysfunction. A case of parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old man who presented with brown tumours and renal stones is described.

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