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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2018

Acute neurological syndrome complicating secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Ravina Patel, Michael Wiederkehr

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ravina PatelDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical CenterDallasTexas.ORCID 0000-0002-7895-052X
Michael WiederkehrDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical CenterDallasTexas.
Baylor University Medical Center · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Longstanding severe hyperparathyroidism can lead to the formation of "brown tumors," benign but locally aggressive neoplasms. We present the case of a young woman with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis with uncontrolled secondary hyperparathyroidism. The patient presented with progressive lower extremity weakness and back pain. Imaging showed multiple lytic bone lesions, the most impressive being a T3 spinal lesion causing cord compression. She underwent urgent neurosurgical resection of the tumor at T3 followed by subtotal parathyroidectomy. Our case touches upon the pathophysiology, consequences, and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease.

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Brown tumorend-stage renal diseasehyperparathyroidismspinal cord compression

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PMID30949005
PMCPMC6413995
OpenAlexW2893568383

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