Temporary Amelioration of Primary Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism by a Noncaseating Granulomatous Disease

THE features of one disease seldom ameliorate the biochemical alterations of another occurring concurrently. Hasterick1 reported the case of a forty-nine-year-old Negro woman with sarcoid cutaneous lesions and bone involvement. Because the total twenty-four-hour urinary calcium was 60 mg. after three days on an Aub diet the author suggested that she might also have hypoparathyroidism. However, no further clinical data were given to support this assumption. A review of the literature indicates that the case reported below is the first well documented account of a patient simultaneously suffering from idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and a noncaseating granuloma consistent with sarcoidosis.Case Report . . .