IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/abf/journl/v50y2023i4p41881-41885.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Case of Lithium Induced Hyperparathyroidism

Author

Listed:
  • T Patrick Jensen

    (Medical Director of Psychiatry Consult and Liaison Service & Senior Behavioral Unit at Covenant Health, USA)

Abstract

A 76-year-old white female with a history of bipolar illness, chronically managed on lithium, presented with altered mental status in the context of normal pressure hydrocephalus. She exhibited signs of catatonia with autonomic instability including uncontrolled hypertension and isolated episodes of tachycardia. Bush Francis catatonic rating scale score was 21, which was highly suggestive of catatonia; however, she did not respond to Ativan challenge which suggested an encephalopathy, not classical catatonia. Labs revealed apparent primary hyperparathyroidism with associated hypercalcemia and elevated PTH in the setting of longterm lithium use.

Suggested Citation

  • T Patrick Jensen, 2023. "A Case of Lithium Induced Hyperparathyroidism," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 50(4), pages 41881-41885, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:50:y:2023:i:4:p:41881-41885
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.50.007986
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.007986.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://biomedres.us/fulltexts/BJSTR.MS.ID.007986.php
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.26717/BJSTR.2023.50.007986?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:50:y:2023:i:4:p:41881-41885. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Angela Roy (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.