PARATHYROID TETANY: CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC PARATHYROID INSUFFICIENCY OF TEN YEARS' DURATION SUCCESSFULLY CONTROLLED WITH DIHYDROTACHYSTEROL
Authors: Saverio C. Franco
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Case Reports1 September 1940PARATHYROID TETANY: CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC PARATHYROID INSUFFICIENCY OF TEN YEARS' DURATION SUCCESSFULLY CONTROLLED WITH DIHYDROTACHYSTEROLSAVERIO C. FRANCO, M.D.SAVERIO C. FRANCO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-3-529 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCASE REPORTThe patient was a young woman, 23 years of age, who was admitted to the Long Island College Hospital for the first time in April 1932. At that time she was 17 years of age and her presenting complaint was convulsions.The family history was irrelevant. Her past history revealed scarlet fever at four years, right mastoidectomy at seven years, measles and chickenpox at 10 years.Her present illness began with the onset of her menstrual cycle at 14 years of age in the summer of 1929. Forty-eight hours after the onset of her first period she developed...Bibliography1. GOERNERSAMUELSON AG: Calcium metabolism in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 1001. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ALBRIGHTBAUERROPESAUB FWMJC: Studies of calcium and phosphorus metabolism, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1929, vii, 139. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GREENWALDGROSS IJ: The effect of thyroparathyroidectomy in dogs on excretion of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1925, lxvi, 185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GREENWALDGROSS IJ: The effect of administration of a potent parathyroid extract on excretion of nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1925, lxvi, 217. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LUCKHARDTGOLDBERG ABB: Preservation of the life of completely parathyroidectomized dogs by means of the oral administration of calcium lactate, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 79. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MATHIEU F: Contribution à l'étude de la tétanié de l'oestrus chez les animaux thyroparathyroidectomisés, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1933, cxiii, 903. Google Scholar7. HOLTZGISSELROSSMAN FHE: Experimentelle und klinische Studien zur Behandlung der postoperativen Tetanie mit A. T. 10, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., 1934, ccxlii, 521-569. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MAC BRYDE C: The treatment of parathyroid tetany with dihydrotachysterol, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 304. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication June 12, 1939.From the Department of Medicine, Long Island College of Medicine, and the Long Island College Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByReferencesOCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISMIDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: A CLINICAL DISCUSSION WITH A CASE REPORT*LOUIS J. ACIERNO, M.D., E. THALER, M.D.CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF ONE CASE*F. S. DIETRICH, M.D., F.A.C.P., M. L. RICE JR., M.D., E. F. LUTON, M.D.The treatment of tetany in pregnancy 1 September 1940Volume 14, Issue 3Page: 529-532KeywordsChickenpoxConvulsionsHospital medicineMeaslesMenstrual cycleParathyroidScarlet fever Issue Published: 1 September 1940 PDF DownloadLoading ...