title: [Acute abdomen and hyperparathyroidism: a description of a case].
abstract: Hypercalcaemia secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism may present with an insidious clinical picture and involve multiple organs, which may lead to a delay in its diagnosis and erroneous therapeutic actions, due to its similarity to other different conditions. We describe the case of a patient who was admitted to our hospital with the diagnosis of acute abdomen. A laparotomy was performed which was negative. The slow post-operative progress and the clinical neurology of the patient was resolved after checking for the presence of a significant hypercalcaemia secondary to a parathyroid lymph node.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, España. llobango@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tejón
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canduela
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolado
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zaldíbar
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rabanal Llevot
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*