Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report and Literature Review
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Abstract:Acute pancreatitis may have a great variety of etiologies, but the two main causes, responsible of 80% of acute pancreatitis, are alcohol and biliarylithiasis. The other causes more rare, are drugs, genetic, malformative, cells tumor, medication and metabolic (hyperlipidemia, hypercalcaemia) hypercalcaemia secondary toprimary hyperparathyroidism (P-HPT), is a rare cause of acute pancreatitis. We report à case of a patient whose initial presentation of the primary hyperparathyroidism was an acute pancreatitis. Keywords:Acute pancreatitis, Hypercalcemia, Hyperparathyroidism.
Authors and Affiliations
M. A Lkousse, A. Elfarouki, S. Elyazel, Z. Semlani, K. Krati
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