A CASE OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM WITH DEPRESSIVE STATE

The case was a 67-year-old male patient who presented with depressive state, and later on with disturbance of consciousness. He was diagnosed as having primary para-thyroidism from 16. 6 ng/ml of elevated value of parathyroid hormone (PTH-C). Therapy of psychiatric symptoms were administration of an...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 50 - 53
Main Authors SHIMIZU, Fumio, SAITO, Yumiko, HANEDA, Tadashi, NAGASE, Seiichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1994
一般社団法人 国立医療学会
Subjects
depressive state
disturbance of consciousness
primary parathyroidism
psychiatric symptoms
原発性副甲状腺機能充進症
意識障害
抑うつ状態
精神症状
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ISSN0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI10.11261/iryo1946.48.50

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Summary:The case was a 67-year-old male patient who presented with depressive state, and later on with disturbance of consciousness. He was diagnosed as having primary para-thyroidism from 16. 6 ng/ml of elevated value of parathyroid hormone (PTH-C). Therapy of psychiatric symptoms were administration of antipsychiatric drugs, antidepressants and other drugs and parathyroidectomy. There have been few reports published concerning the psychiatric symptoms associated with primary parathyroidism in Japan. We report here in a case of primary parathyroidism with psychiatric symptoms together with a re-view of the literature.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.48.50