Premium
PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM PRESENTING AS SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION: REPORT OF A CASE
Author(s) -
Siu Kevin,
Sundaram M.,
Schultz Carl,
Kirwan L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb06601.x
Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , spinal cord compression , spinal cord , hyperparathyroidism , surgery , psychiatry
A report of a case of primary hyperparathyroidism presenting as spinal cord compression due to a brown tumour of the vertebra is presented. Coexisting chondrocalcinosis illustrates one of the several radiological features seen in hyperparathyroidism.