Seven patients with concomitant primary hypoparathyroidism and Addisonian pernicious anaemia have been described in the literature so far (4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13).As the total number of patients with primary hypoparathyroidism published is rather smallaccording to Rasmussen and Reifenstein (8) about 85 -the coexistence of these two diseases can scarcely be due to mere coincidence.We have observed one patient suffering from primary hypoparathyroidism and pernicious anaemia. In addition, in order to study the effect on removal of the parathyroids on the functional and anatomical condition of the stomach, four patients with inadequetely treated post-operative hypoparathyroidism have been investigated.
Case reports
The patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and Addisonian pernicious anaemiaThe patient was a hospital handyman born in 1932. His childhood development had been slightly slower than normal: he learnt to walk at the age of 1.5 years, to speak at 3 and failed twice in elementary school to gain promotion to the next form.
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