Hyperfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma

Primary hyperparathyroidism is rarely caused by carcinoma. We report a patient who manifested many of the clinical and radiographic features of the disease. When encountering symptomatic hypercalcemia with or without a palpable neck mass, carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Skeletal radiology 2000-02, Vol.29 (2), p.112-115
Hauptverfasser:	ABRAHAMS, T. G, HANKS, P, JONES, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Calcium - blood Carcinoma - complications Carcinoma - diagnosis Carcinoma - secondary Carcinoma - therapy Combined Modality Therapy Diagnosis, Differential Endocrinopathies Fatal Outcome Female Humans Hyperparathyroidism - blood Hyperparathyroidism - diagnosis Hyperparathyroidism - etiology Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - secondary Lung Neoplasms - therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Malignant tumors Medical sciences Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Parathyroid Hormone - blood Parathyroid Neoplasms - complications Parathyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis Parathyroid Neoplasms - therapy Parathyroids. Parafollicular cells. Cholecalciferol. Phosphocalcic homeostasis (diseases)
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Zusammenfassung:	Primary hyperparathyroidism is rarely caused by carcinoma. We report a patient who manifested many of the clinical and radiographic features of the disease. When encountering symptomatic hypercalcemia with or without a palpable neck mass, carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Patient survival depends on an aggressive surgical approach to the primary lesion and recurrent disease.
ISSN:	0364-2348 1432-2161
DOI:	10.1007/s002560050022