Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism: Report of a Case With Autopsy Findings

Case Reports1 December 1960IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM: REPORT OF A CASE WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGSI. J. KOPIN, M.D., I. N. ROSENBERG, M.D.I. J. KOPIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, I. N. ROSENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-6-1238 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIdiopathic hypoparathyroidism is uncommon. Steinberg and Waldron,1 reviewing the literature in 1952, found only 52 cases satisfying their diagnostic criteria. Only four of these cases came to autopsy. On reviewing the literature since 1952, we have encountered reports of 56 additional cases,2-35b in three of which autopsies were done. A case presenting the clinical features of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism which terminated in death, and in which postmortem examination revealed the presence of a parathyroid gland, has recently been observed by us.CASE REPORTA 79 year old Italian-born, retired, widowed janitor was admitted to the Boston City Hospital on April 17,...Bibliography1. SteinbergWaldron HBR: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism; an analysis of 52 cases including the report of a new case, Medicine 31: 133-154, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Jesserer H: Das Krankheitsbild der kryptogenetischen Nebenschilddrüseninsuffizienz, Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 76: 1552-1557, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WiseHart BLJC: Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism (observations on electroencephalogram in hypocalcemia), Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 68: 78-93, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DietrichRiceLuton FSMLEF: Clinical manifestations of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Report of one case, Ann. Int. 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