PSYCHOSIS IN HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; WITH A REPORT OF FIVE CASES
Authors: James A. Greene, L. W. Swanson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 January 1941PSYCHOSIS IN HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; WITH A REPORT OF FIVE CASESJAMES A. GREENE, M.D., L. W. SWANSON, M.D.JAMES A. GREENE, M.D., L. W. SWANSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-7-1233 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPsychosis is not mentioned as a complication of parathyroid tetany in the usual texts of medicine and in the systems of medicine it is briefly referred to as being very rare. It has been known since 1852 that psychosis may occur in tetany and the subject was reviewed in 1907 by Frankl-Hochwart1and in 1920 by Barrett.2In a recent report Barr, MacBryde and Sanders3mention that psychosis may occur in parathyroid tetany, but they do not state the frequency. It is practically impossible to ascertain the incidence of parathyroid deficiency in the cases of psychosis and tetany described in...Bibliography1. FRANKL-HOCHWART LV: Die Tetanie, 2. Aufl., 1907, Wien and Leipzig. Google Scholar2. BARRETT AM: Psychosis associated with tetany, Am. Jr. Insanity, 1919-1920, lxxvi, 373-392. Google Scholar3. BARRMACBRYDESANDERS DPCMTE: Tetany with increased intracranial pressure and papilledema—results from treatment with dihydrotachysterol, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1938, liii, 227-232. Google Scholar4. POPEADEMETRESCO ATR(a) : Tetany and psychosis in nursing mother, Bruxelles med., 1930, x, 708-710. (b) POPEA, A., and DEMETRESCO, T. R.: Tetany and psychosis, Rev. stiint. med., 1930, xix, 531-535. (c) KNOSPE, H.: Tetany psychoses, Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol., 1938, xcix, 503-520. Google Scholar5. GREGORYANDERSCH RM: The filterable calcium of blood serum, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1936, cxci, 263-271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Iowa City, Iowa*Received for publication November 15, 1939.From the Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySexual Hallucinations in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Their Relation With Childhood TraumaThyroidectomy and the parathyroidsThe morbidity of subtotal thyroidectomyParathyroid insufficiency after thyroidectomy. Review of 46 patients with a study of the effects of hypocalcaemia on the electro-encephalogramAsymptomatic long-standing idiopathic hypoparathyroidism discovered following delivery of a healthy infantOrganic Delusions: Phenomenology, Anatomical Correlations, and ReviewEndocrine DisordersParathyreoideaHypoparathyroidismDiphenylhydantoin Effects in HypocalcemiaJOSHUA TRABULUS, B.A., PAUL O. GULSRUD, M.D., INDER J. CHOPRA, M.D., F.A.C.P.The ParathyroidsMineral metabolism and behavior: Abnormalities of calcium homeostasisNEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN HYPOPARATHYROIDISMDetermination of Ionized Calcium In Mentally Ill PatientsEndocrinologic Evaluation as an Essential Factor in Managing Emotional DisturbanceHypoparathyroidismPsychosis in hypoparathyroidismReferencesPapilloedema and Hypoparathyroidism Simulating Brain TumorIDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF A CASE*RICHARD W. NAEF, M.D., EMIR H. ADLE, M.D.Psychische St�rungen bei HyperparathyreoidismusIdiopathic hypoparathyroidism presenting as a psychosis and complicated by chlorpromazine jaundiceIDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE*JEROME V. TREUSCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Die Tetanie des Erwachsenen und ihre GrenzzuständePseudo-hypoparathyroidism: A Description of Three Cases and a Critical Appraisal of Earlier Accounts of the DiseaseEpilepsi og psykose ved hypoparathyreoidisme:En oversikt og et tilfelleThe toxic psychoses and allied statesDiscussion on the Physiology and Clinical Disorders of the Parathyroid GlandsSymptomatische PsychosenCLINICAL 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.Clinical and E.E.G. Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders Associated with TetanyManifestations of Altered Autonomic and Humoral Function in Psychoneuroses 1 January 1941Volume 14, Issue 7Page: 1233-1236KeywordsHypoparathyroidismParathyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...