MENISCAL AND PERIARTICULAR CALCIFICATION IN HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
| Autor: | E. O. L. Hoskins |
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| Rok vydání: | 1965 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
Hyperparathyroidism medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint business.industry Calcinosis General Medicine medicine.disease Menisci Tibial Metabolic bone disease Surgery Radiography Primary bone Polyuria medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging medicine.symptom Joint Diseases business Primary hyperparathyroidism Calcification |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 38 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | Bywaters, Dixon and Scott (1963) have recently emphasised the presence of joint lesions in hyperparathyroidism. They comment that it is not widely recognised that primary bone lesions may lead to joint disease although the converse situation is well understood. In this patient calcification of all four meniscal cartilages in the knees was responsible for the diagnosis of metabolic bone disease and it was a simple matter to establish a diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism on further radiological and biochemical grounds. Mrs. L. M., aged 50 years, complained of swelling and pain in the knees for one year together with a history of weakness and depression. Symptoms of heartburn, polydipsia and polyuria were also elicited later on direct questioning. Radiography of the knees was undertaken following the establishment clinically of bilateral knee joint effusions. Pseudo clubbing of the fingers was the only other clinical sign of note. Knee radiographs. The most striking feature was the intra-articular calc... |
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