IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE
Authors: J V TREUSCH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 May 1957IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASEJEROME V. TREUSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.JEROME V. TREUSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-5-956 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHypoparathyroidism most commonly occurs following those cases of thyroid surgery where inadvertent damage to, or removal of, the parathyroid glands has taken place.1 From the study of such cases and their experimental counterparts in animals, most of the known facts of the physiology and therapy of hypoparathyroidism have been worked out. Much less commonly, hypoparathyroidism is idiopathic, developing without preceding surgery and without other apparent cause.Actually, if the criteria for the diagnosis of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism are adhered to strictly, there are less than 100 recorded cases.2, 3, 4These fall into two general groups: a childhood-adolescent group, and...Bibliography1. AlbrightReifenstein FEC: Parathyroid glands and metabolic bone disease, 1948, Williams and Wilkins Company, Baltimore, pp. 10, 11, 27, etc. Google Scholar2. DrakeAlbrightBauerCastleman TGFWB: Chronic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism: report of six cases with autopsy findings in one, Ann. Int. Med. 12: 1751, 1939. LinkGoogle Scholar3. SteinbergWaldron HBR: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism; an analysis of fifty-two cases, including the report of a new case, Medicine 31: 133-154, 1952. (This reference includes an extensive bibliography, to which the interested reader is referred.) CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SutphinAlbrightMcCune AFDJ: Five cases (three in siblings) of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism associated with moniliasis, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 3: 625, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Levy HA: Unusual clinical manifestations of chronic hypoparathyroidism (treatment with dihydrotachysterol and calcium), M. Clin. North America 31: 243, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Haines SF: Parathyroid insufficiency, M. Clin. North America 24: 1019-1026, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. RobinsonKollbergCrowley KCMHMF: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting as dementia, Brit. M. J. 2: 1203-1206 (Nov. 20), 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. GreeneSwanson JALW: Psychosis in hypoparathyroidism with report of five cases, Ann. Int. Med. 14: 1233, 1941. LinkGoogle Scholar9. ScarlettHoughtling EPWJ: Psychosis in hypoparathyroidism, Canad. M. A. J. 50: 351, 1944. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Craddock CG: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 30, 1955.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Jerome V. Treusch, M.D., 405 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeurological and psychiatric manifestations in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism: response to treatment.Chronic Candidiasis of the Nails, Hypoparathyroidism and Addison's DiseaseIdiopathic Hypoparathyroidism Associated with HyperthyroidismJAMES R. DAHL, M.D., SAMUEL D. MCFADDEN, M.D., EUGENE EISENBERG, M.D.ReferencesOCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISMIdiopathic Hypoparathyroidism Follow-up Study Including Autopsy Findings of a Case Previously ReportedJEROME V. TREUSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., SYLVAN COHEN, M.D.IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS*I. J. KOPIN, M.D., I. N. ROSENBERG, M.D.Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting as a psychosis and complicated by chlorpromazine jaundice 1 May 1957Volume 46, Issue 5Page: 956-964KeywordsCalciumDiarrheaEmotionsExcretionFallsHypercalcemiaHypoparathyroidismParathyroidSurgeryThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...