Unusual cause of resistant hypertension in a 33-year-old woman with a palpable parathyroid nodule
| Autor: | Max Yap, Dan Xu, Owain Chandler, Stanley Savas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Adenoma
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Resistant hypertension Physical examination Computed tomography Parathyroid Glands medicine Humans Thyroid Nodule Parathyroid adenoma medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Thyroid Nodule (medicine) General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Parathyroid Neoplasms Parathyroid carcinoma Hypertension Histopathology Female Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 14(8) |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 33-year-old woman presented for investigation for a secondary cause of her long-standing treatment-resistant hypertension. Physical examination revealed a palpable thyroid nodule with subsequent ultrasound and CT scan indicating the nodule was of parathyroid origin. A palpable parathyroid nodule is known to be highly suspicious for a parathyroid carcinoma, and it remains a differential until proven otherwise. Histopathology following surgical excision confirmed a parathyroid adenoma, and during subsequent follow-up visits with her general practitioner, her antihypertensive was successfully weaned. We report a case of a large palpable parathyroid adenoma being the secondary cause of treatment-resistant hypertension. |
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