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Rapid improvement of osteoporosis following parathyroidectomy in a premenopausal woman with acute primary hyperparathyroidism
- Source :
- Archives of internal medicine. 159(13)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- We describe a premenopausal white woman with symptomatic acute primary hyperparathyroidism and marked osteoporosis. After undergoing a parathyroidectomy, the patient experienced not only rapid symptomatic relief, but also marked improvement in bone mineral density, which increased by 25% in the hip and by 22% in the lumbar spine 1 year after the surgery. Acute primary hyperparathyroidism should be considered in any patient with severe symptomatic hypercalcemia. Appropriate treatment with early parathyroidectomy can result in significant and rapid improvement in bone mineral density.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
Parathyroidectomy
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Bone disease
medicine.medical_treatment
Osteoporosis
Lumbar vertebrae
Bone Density
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Bone mineral
Hyperparathyroidism
business.industry
medicine.disease
Symptomatic relief
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Treatment Outcome
Premenopause
Acute Disease
Female
business
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00039926
- Volume :
- 159
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of internal medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6a46c5096c506e5d043aa65b76e7db22