ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2015
Radiological considerations and surgical planning in the treatment of giant parathyroid adenomas.
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- Gastric Outlet Obstruction Following Recurrent Pancreatitis Uncovers a Giant Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Report.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2022Article
- Primary hyperparathyroidism-related giant parathyroid adenoma (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Review
- Giant Parathyroid Adenoma-Associated Fracture, Not All Lytic Bone Lesions areCase reports in medicine · 2022Article
- Giant parathyroid adenoma presenting with a pathological left clavicular fracture: An extremely rare case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Giant parathyroid adenoma: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2019Review
- Robotics in otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2018Review
- Giant mediastinal parathyroid adenoma presenting as bilateral brown tumour of mandible: a rare presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism.BMJ case reports · 2017Article
- Acute presentation of a giant intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2016Article
- POSTOPERATIVE HYPOCALCEMIA FOLLOWING PARATHYROIDECTOMY FOR GIANT PARATHYROID ADENOMA.AACE clinical case reportsArticle
- A rare case of giant parathyroid adenoma presenting with recurrent episodes of pancreatitis.Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, IndiaArticle
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Abstract
Giant parathyroid adenomas constitute a rare clinical entity, particularly in the developed world. We report the case of a 53-year-old woman where the initial ultrasonography significantly underestimated the size of the lesion. The subsequent size and weight of the adenoma (7 cm diameter, 27 g) combined with the severity of the hypercalcaemia raised the suspicion for the presence of a parathyroid carcinoma. This was later disproven by the surgical and histological findings. Giant parathyroid adenomas are encountered infrequently among patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, and appear to have distinct clinical and biochemical features related to specific genomic alterations. Cross-sectional imaging is mandated in the investigation of parathyroid adenomas presenting with severe hypercalcaemia as ultrasonography alone can underestimate their size and extent. This is important since it can impact on preoperative preparation and planning as well as the consent process as a thoracic approach may prove necessary for certain cases.
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