| Popis: |
PRIMARY hyperparathyroidism with bone disease, if allowed to progress, will result in severe skeletal deterioration, giving rise to a variety of clinical and roentgenographic findings. The case reported below, which escaped diagnosis during a four-year period of symptoms, demonstrates the classic picture of severe "osteitis fibrosa generalisata," including clubbing of the fingers. Case Report A 29-year-old married woman was admitted to the medical service on January 29, 1951, complaining of generalized bone and joint pains, particularly severe in the knees, the right shoulder and the left hip, of 4 or 5 years' duration. During this time she had noted constant . . . |
