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SYNDROME OF STEATORRHEA, PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM AND AMENORRHEA

W. P. U. JACKSON, M.D.^*, R. HOFFENBERG, M.D.^*,, G. C. LINDER, M.D. and LOUISE IRWIN, B.S.A.

Endocrine Group, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Univerversity of Cape Town; and the Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

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.

^* M.R.C.P.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Bursar, 1955.

F.R.C.P.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Technician.

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