title: Parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old--an unusual cause of hypercalcaemic crisis.
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.
authors: Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Wong
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Carmeci
authors: R B
authors: RB
authors: Jeffrey
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Weigel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male