Acute pancreatitis in a patient with familial benign hypercalcaemia
van Haeften, T.W.; Hoogenberg, K.; van Essen, L.H.
Netherlands Journal of Medicine 45(3): 110-113
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-2977 PMID: 7969663 Document Number: 434867
A patient with familial benign hypercalcaemia (FBH) who developed relapsing pancreatitis is presented. She underwent distal partial pancreas resection with surgical removal of pancreatic duct stones, and a pancreaticojejunostomy. No further causes for the pancreatitis were found. The present case is remarkable since it is an example of the occurrence of pancreatitis in a previously known patient with hypercalcaemia, and it underlines the severity of the pancreatitis when it occurs in this syndrome.