Month: April 2019

Classification of diseases caused by violation of the secretion of parathyroid hormone. I. Primary hyperparathyroidism. 1. Pathogenetic forms: 1) hyperfunctioning adenoma (adenoma); 2) hyperplasia of the coccyx; 3) multiple endocrine neoplasia type I with hyperplasia

Primary hyperparathyroidism occurs with a frequency of about 25 new cases per 100,000 population per year. About 35% of cases of hypercalcemia syndrome are associated with primary hyperparathyroidism. After diabetes mellitus and thyrotoxicosis, primary hyperparathyroidism

Etiology As follows from the classification, the main causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism are renal failure and diseases of the digestive system. In accordance with this, renal and intestinal secondary hyperparathyroidism is distinguished. Due to the

Hypoparathyroidism is a disease associated with parathyroid hormone deficiency as a result of loss or insufficient function of the parathyroid glands, which is manifested by hypocalcemia syndrome. Hypoparathyroidism of various origins occurs in 0.2–0.3% of

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (congenital osteodystrophy of Albright) is a rare hereditary syndrome, characterized by tissue resistance to parathyroid hormone, hypocalcemia, increased function of the parathyroid glands, short stature and skeletal anomalies, an increase in parathyroid function, short

Osteoporosis is a systemic disease of the skeleton, characterized by a decrease in bone mass per unit volume and a disorder of bone microarchitecture, leading to an increase in bone fragility and a high risk

Hypothalamic-hypophysial diseases can be subdivided into diseases with a proven lesion of the hypothalamus proper, a disease with a hypothetical hypothalamic genesis, with hypothalamic-hypophysial genesis and the hypopharyngeal lesions proper. Craniopharyngioma Craniopharyngioma is a hypothalamic