Hyperparathyroidism with Avulsion of Three Major Tendons
- 10 May 1962
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 266 (19) , 968-971
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196205102661903
Abstract
WHEN Bogdonoff et al.1 reviewed the subject of hyperparathyroidism in 1956 they stated in a footnote that there were over 600 case reports in the literature up to that time. Since then well over 100 additional cases have been published. In a review of this literature we were unable to find a case of hyperparathyroidism in which the presenting manifestation was spontaneous separation (avulsion) of a major tendon from its insertion.Case ReportOn November 17, 1959, L.O., a 33-year-old logger, attempted to push his automobile from a snowbank. A few moments later, while he was stepping from the car, . . .Keywords
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