SEVERE ACUTE-PANCREATITIS AS A FIRST SYMPTOM OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROID ADENOMA - A CASE-REPORT

We present a case of severe acute pancreatitis in a 14-year-old boy th at may have been caused by hyperparathyroidism. The clue to finding th e parathyroid adenoma was the hypercalcaemia. Although the patient did have acute pancreatitis, no therapy had been effective until the disc overy of the parathyroid adenoma. After the excision of the parathyroi d adenoma, the function of the pancreas and serum calcium returned to normal. This result suggests a certain cause and effect relationship b etween hyperparathyroidism and acute pancreatitis.