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2003, Cilt 16, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 055-057 |
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PARATHYROID ADENOMA IN A CHILD AND HUNGRY BONE SYNDROME FOLLOWING SURGERY |
Sibel Aka1, Aysu Türkmen Karaağaç1, Müjgan Sümer1, Sema Kabataş Eryılmaz2, Ahmet Özgüner1 |
1Department of Pediatrics, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 2Sub-department of Pediatrics Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey |
Keywords: Hyperparathyroidism, children, hungry bone syndrome |
Primary hyperparathyroidism is rare in adults, but extremely rare in children under the age of 14 years. Childhood hyperparathyroidism usually becomes manifest after 10 years of age and is most frequently caused by a single adenoma. Rarely, the "hungry bone syndrome" develops following surgery. In this case report we would like to present an 11 9/12 year old girl with bilateral genu valgum deformity owing to a single parathyroid adenoma. Furthermore, she developed the "hungry bone syndrome" following parathyroid surgery.
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