Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient

Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a rare clinical entity in pediatric patients relative to adults. Consequently, the diagnosis is often delayed in pediatric patients, and children and adolescents are more likely to present with symptoms of hypercalcemia and end-organ damage. Here, we present the...

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Autores principales: Boggs, Elizabeth, Szymusiak, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37252573
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38112
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description Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a rare clinical entity in pediatric patients relative to adults. Consequently, the diagnosis is often delayed in pediatric patients, and children and adolescents are more likely to present with symptoms of hypercalcemia and end-organ damage. Here, we present the case of an adolescent patient with chest pain who was found to have a lytic bone lesion secondary to pHPT. 
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spelling pubmed-102127202023-05-27 Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient Boggs, Elizabeth Szymusiak, John Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a rare clinical entity in pediatric patients relative to adults. Consequently, the diagnosis is often delayed in pediatric patients, and children and adolescents are more likely to present with symptoms of hypercalcemia and end-organ damage. Here, we present the case of an adolescent patient with chest pain who was found to have a lytic bone lesion secondary to pHPT.  Cureus 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10212720/ /pubmed/37252573 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38112 Text en Copyright © 2023, Boggs et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title_full Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title_fullStr Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title_full_unstemmed Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title_short Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient
title_sort common in adults and often overlooked in pediatrics: a case report of primary hyperparathyroidism in an adolescent patient
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10212720/
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