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Acute Pancreatitis
Studies from V. Gupta et al have provided new data on acute pancreatitis
March 24th, 2009
"The purpose of this report is to describe a rare case of parathyroid storm secondary to solitary parathyroid adenoma presenting with necrotizing pancreatitis. Parathyroid storm or crisis is seen in approximately 5% of patients with hyperparathyroidism with a double adenoma or carcinoma being the usual causes," investigators in Bombay, India report. "Acute pancreatitis is a very rare presentation of hyperparathyroidism <= 1%. Only 20% of acute pancreatitis is necrotizing. We report a young lady who presented to us with acute onset abdominal symptoms, which were consistent with pancreatitis. She had gallstones and severe hypercalcemia with features of central nervous...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-24)
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