CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; REPORT OF SIX CASES WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS IN ONE
Authors: Truman G. Drake, Fuller Albright, Walter Bauer, Benjamin Castleman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 May 1939CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; REPORT OF SIX CASES WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS IN ONETRUMAN G. DRAKE, M.D., FULLER ALBRIGHT, M.D., WALTER BAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P., BENJAMIN CASTLEMAN, M.D.TRUMAN G. DRAKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FULLER ALBRIGHT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER BAUER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, BENJAMIN CASTLEMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-11-1751 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Excerpt"Chronic idiopathic hypoparathyroidism" is a disease identical with postoperative hypoparathyroidism except that the agent which has interfered with the parathyroid function has not been established. Certain criteria must be fulfilled before the diagnosis can be made. The serum calcium level should be low, but a more important point is that the serum inorganic phosphorus level should be increased.1, 2, 3Renal insufficiency, however, should be ruled out as a cause of the hyperphosphatemia. The bones should be normal by roentgenograms in order to rule out rickets or osteomalacia as the cause of the hypocalcemia. The teeth, however, as might be...Bibliography1. GREENWALD I: Some observations on the tetany of parathyroidectomized dogs, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1916, xxv, 223. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HASTINGSMURRAY AH: Observations on parathyroidectomized dogs, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1921, xlvi, 233. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SALVESEN H: Studies on the physiology of the parathyroids, Acta med. Scandinav., 1933, page 1. Google Scholar4. ERDHEIM J: Zur Kenntnis der parathyreopriven Dentin-Veränderung, Frankf. Ztschr. f. Path., 1911, vii, 238. Google Scholar5. Unpublished data. Google Scholar6. 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