Pregnancy complicated by concurrent hyperparathyroidism and pancreatitis.

A case is presented of pregnancy complicated by hyperparathyroidism and acute pancreatitis in a 32-year-old gravida II, primipara. The diagnosis of pancreatitis was made during surgery; postoperatively the patient was diagnosed as suffering from hyperparathyroidism, and an adenomatous parathyroid gland was removed. The four previously reported cases of this trilogy are mentioned, and the methods of diagnosis discussed.