F. Raymond Keating

CUTANEOUS VASCULAR CALCIFICATION, GANGRENE AND HYPERPARATHYROIDISM*

Three cases of vascular calcification, cutaneous gangrene and hyperparathyroidism are presented. Biopsy of the skin reveals calcinosis of the media as well as obstruction of a muscular vessel. Secondary, as well as primary, hyperparathyroidism is associated with this characteristic cutaneous syndrome. Treatment of the parathyroid disease and conservative skin therapy will produce reversal of vascular calcification and healing of the skin.

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Postsurgical Alterations in Renal Function and Serum Electrolytes.

Excerpt We have evaluated renal function and serum electrolytes in 13 patients before and immediately after surgical exploration of the neck for removal of parathyroid tumors. There were nine femal...