title: [Secondary hyperparathyroidism and articular chondrocalcinosis in the aged].
abstract: The incidence of articular chondrocalcinosis (ACC) in elderly patients hospitalised in geriatric departments is approximately 30%. Routine studies including a 2 hour calcium/phosphorus balance, parathormone assay and radiological investigations enabled the selection of 73 patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. ACC was present in 38 of these individuals (52%). They were slightly older (87 +/- 5) than cases of secondary hyperparathyroidism without radiological ACC (84 +/- 8). Among patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism with ACC, there were 90% women and 10% men, while the sex ratio in the department was 77% women and 23% men. Results of calcium/phosphorus balance and parathormone levels were similar, in the presence or absence of ACC.
authors.affiliation: L'Hôpital Emile Roux, Limeil-Brévannes.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meignan
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ponche
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tenenbaum
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Hyperparathyroïdie secondaire et chondrocalcinose articulaire chez le sujet âgé.