This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (5)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

B. E. BRUSH, M.D.; W. E. CHASE, M.D.; M. A. BLOCK, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1955;71(3):342-346.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Hyperparathyroidism is an uncommon disease. However, experience in the past 15 years clearly shows that it is commoner than previously realized and that physicians must be alert to think of its possibility. There are several important points to consider in this respect.

PROBLEMS IN THE DIAGNOSIS

1. The symptoms of the disease are not specific, and so, in general, the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism is made in those patients showing two of the manifestations of the condition, namely, osteitis fibrosa cystica and renal lithiasis.

2. The osseous manifestations of the disease are relatively rare today in this country because our diet is high in calcium content. Therefore, most cases of hyperparathyroidism are now recognized by screening patients who have urinary lithiasis.

3. The diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism then requires laboratory confirmation in nearly all cases. In general, serum calcium and phosphorus determinations have been used in screening procedures, a level of serum . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Detroit

From the Divisions of General Surgery and Urology, Henry Ford Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 25, 1955.

Read at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb. 18, 1955.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?