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[Parathyroid gland carcinoma with postoperative encephalopathy]
P Holch1, M Forray, A Emmermann
1Abteilung für Chirurgie, Israelitisches Krankenhaus Hamburg. holch@israelitisches-krankenhaus.de
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
We present a 78-year-old patient who suffered from symptomatic transitory psychotic syndrome after laparotomy. Persisting somnolence appeared with cardiopulmonary decompensation and gastrointestinal atony. Due to prolonged hypercalcemia primary hyperparathyreoidism was diagnosed. Resection of a large carcinoma of the parathyroids led to continuous clinical improvement.