Keratitis with hypoparathyroidism

Am J Ophthalmol. 1977 Oct;84(4):467-72. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(77)90436-6.

Abstract

Chronic kiratitis developed in two children with nonsurgical hypoparathyroidism, as part of an autosomal recessive syndrome that included adrenal insufficiency and moniliasis in what was postulated to be an autoimmune disease. The corneal changes may also have been caused by autoimmune mechanism. Activity of the keratitis diminished once the hypoparathyroidism had been brought under control. However, these patients were thought to be at risk for adrenal insufficiency: neither had moniliasis or adrenocortical insufficiency at present, but the features of the hypoparathyroidism adrenal insufficiency-moniliasis syndrome appeared at different ages and in differing sequences.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Insufficiency / complications
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoparathyroidism / complications*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Keratitis / complications*
  • Lens Diseases / complications
  • Male
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / complications
  • Strabismus / complications
  • Syndrome
  • Tears