A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TREATMENTS ON THE CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM IN TETANY

Chronic tetany in adults is usually one of two types.In the first type it is associated with loss of parathyroid glands during operations of thyroid.In the second, it occurs in individuals with lesions in the gastro-intestinal tract leading to alkalosis.Cases of chronic tetany in elderly individuals unassociated with either of the above-mentioned conditions are extremely rare in the literature.The following case is recorded on this account as well as in view of metabolic data obtained that may throw some light on the pathogenesis of this type of tetany.