SYNDROME OF STEATORRHEA, PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM AND AMENORRHEA

Abstract

Steatorrhea usually results in a deficient absorption of phosphorus as well as calcium, and thus may lead to a lowered serum inorganic phosphate level, and even to osteomalacia. The finding of an elevated serum phosphate level in a case of steatorrhea with tetany was, therefore, unexpected, though not unique. It led, however to certain detailed observations and to the attempted delineation of a “new” syndrome.