Hyperparathyroidism in a patient with Wilson's disease

Clin Chem. 1990 Mar;36(3):568-70.

Abstract

We describe hyperparathyroidism in an 18-year-old man with Wilson's disease--the first report in the English literature of the simultaneous occurrence of these two conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / complications
  • Adolescent
  • Bone Density
  • Calcium / blood
  • Calcium / urine
  • Ceruloplasmin / metabolism
  • Copper / urine
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / complications*
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / metabolism
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hyperparathyroidism / complications*
  • Hyperparathyroidism / metabolism
  • Hyperparathyroidism / therapy
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Parathyroid Glands / surgery
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / complications
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism

Substances

  • Serum Albumin
  • Copper
  • Ceruloplasmin
  • Calcium