Article ; Online: Giant parathyroid adenoma
Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-
a case report
2022 Volume 5
Abstract: Abstract Background Giant parathyroid adenoma is a type of parathyroid adenoma weighing > 3.5 g and having a size of more than 2 cm. Case presentation This report describes giant primary parathyroid adenoma with reference to the literature. We report the ...
| Abstract | Abstract Background Giant parathyroid adenoma is a type of parathyroid adenoma weighing > 3.5 g and having a size of more than 2 cm. Case presentation This report describes giant primary parathyroid adenoma with reference to the literature. We report the case of a 48-year-old Persian man referred to the clinic with knee and lower back pain. He had a history of mitral valve replacement and several episodes of bilateral nephrolithiasis. After a thorough assessment, a neck mass with a possible thyroid origin was detected, but further assessment showed it was of parathyroid origin. The resected mass was 9 × 6× 4 cm and weighed 122 g, and histopathology showed a giant parathyroid adenoma. Conclusion Giant parathyroid adenomas that weigh more than 110 g and are larger than 8 cm can lead to significant hypercalcemia. Despite giant parathyroid adenomas and high parathyroid hormone levels, a calcium crisis may not always occur in these patients, and the masses may be initially misdiagnosed as a thyroid mass. |
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| Keywords | Giant parathyroid adenoma ; Parathormone ; Hypercalcemia ; Bone pain ; Medicine ; R |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | BMC |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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