A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Child Presented with Acute Abdominal Pain.

Namkoong,  Wook; Park,  In Suh; Kim,  Bok Ki; Park,  Sin Young; Jeong,  Soo Ho; Kim,  Sun Ki; Son,  Byong Kwan; Lee,  Ji Eun

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Case Report

Journal of Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2008;13(2): 198-202.

A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Child Presented with Acute Abdominal Pain.

Wook Namkoong, In Suh Park, Bok Ki Kim, Sin Young Park, Soo Ho Jeong, Sun Ki Kim, Byong Kwan Son, Ji Eun Lee

¹Department of Pediatrics, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. anicca@inha.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

Abstract

Primary Hyperparathyroidism is the metabolism abnormality of calcium, phosphate, and bone due to the high synthesis of parathyroid hormone, a rare endocrine disease in children. It scarcely occurs in children so that till now it was reported only 4 cases in Korea, especially with abdominal symptoms. We report this case of primary hyperparathyroidism with brief review of literatures.

Keywords: Primary hyperparathyroidism;Parathyroid adenoma;Child

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