Endocrine Abstracts

Human chorionic gonadotropin bears structural homology to pituitary thyrotropin. The extremely elevated levels of human chorionic gonadotropin in patients with molar pregnancy or other trophoblastic diseases can lead to hyperthyroidism. We describe a patient with molar pregnancy who had secondary hyperthyroidism prepared rapidly by plasmapheresis for surgery. After first plasmapheresis the clinical picture improved dramatically. Three subsequent plasmapheresis provided a 75.1%...

Aim: Hypercalcemia is particularly complicated with hyperparathroidism or malignancy such as myeloma. There were several cases report abouth primary hyperparathroidism coexistent with benign monoclonal gammopathy or multiple myeloma. We present clinical managament of a patient who have hypercalcemia caused by hyperparathyroidism and multiple myeloma.Case: Fifthy-two years old a women, she was complaint with weakness by anemia due to ferrum deficiency. Du...