Ectopic thymic parathyroid adenoma

Autor: Dukhabandhu Naik, K Felix Jebasingh, Riddhi Dasgupta, Anish Jacob Cherian
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Case Reports. 2014:bcr2014206634-bcr2014206634
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206634
Popis: Eighty per cent of primary hyperparathyroidism cases are caused by parathyroid adenoma while nearly 16% of ectopic parathyroid adenomas have been found to be the aetiology.1 A 50-year-old man presented with pain in the back and knees for 4 years. He was initially evaluated elsewhere and was detected to have hypercalcaemia. No other investigations were done at the other facility. He was then evaluated in our institution for the persistence of hypercalcaemia and recently deranged renal function. His blood investigations revealed: …
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