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Transient Metastatic Calcification in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Author(s) -
Cooper R. A.,
Riley J. W.,
Middleton W. R. J.,
Wiseman J. C.,
Hales I. B.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1978.tb04525.x
Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , metastatic calcification , hyperparathyroidism , transient (computer programming) , calcification , primary (astronomy) , computer science , operating system , physics , astronomy
Summary: Transient metastatic calcification in primary hyperparathyroidism. Metastatic calcification has been visualised on bone scan in many hypercalcaemic states. This report illustrates the phenomenon occurring in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism and its subsequent disappearance after therapy.