Open AccessMYOSITIS OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA WITH PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA AND POLYCYSTIC OVARY
Author(s) -
Suzuki Toshimitsu,
Ishikawa Shinobu,
Akanuma Naoya,
Tsunoda Hiroshi
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1976.tb00878.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myositis ossificans , polycystic ovary , parathyroid hormone , hyperplasia , pathology , connective tissue , autopsy , calcium , obesity , insulin resistance
A report was made on an autopsy case of myositis ossificans progressiva in a girl who died at the age of 8 years and 11 months. The first symptom appeared as right wryneck ten days after birth. Parathyroid hyperplasia and polycystic ovary with high level of serum parathyroid hormone, FSH and LH were confirmed at autopsy. Parathyroid hyperactivity might be a secondary response to the continuous stimulation by increased peripheral consumption of calcium ions due to relentlessly progressive ossification in fibrous connective tissue.