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dc.contributor.authorEksander, P. N.
dc.contributor.authorHarding, B. C.
dc.contributor.authorEsebua, M.
dc.contributor.authorGalloway, T. L. I.
dc.date.issued2021eng
dc.description.abstractParathyroid carcinoma (PC) exists in <1% of patients with hyperparathyroidism (Figure 1) and typically presents with a robust constellation of findings that rarely go unnoticed. Mean serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations are commonly 3-to 10-fold higher than the upper limit of normal with a mean serum calcium concentration that frequently exceeds 14 mg/dL. PCs also tend to metastasize to cervical lymph nodes (30%) which is a distinctly ominous sign when associated with this rare pathology as compared to its benign counterpart, parathyroid adenomas. Non-functioning parathyroid carcinomas (NPC), less than 10% of PCs, are exceptionally rare, and can more closely resemble parathyroid adenoma/hyperplasia on preoperative workup further obscuring diagnosis. This disease represents a unique subset of PCs that are rarely addressed in the literature.eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/88321
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Health Sciences Research Dayeng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.eng
dc.titleAn intraoperative surprise : occult case of non-functional parathyroid carcinomaeng


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