Hyperfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma.

Abrahams, T G; Hanks, P; Jones, M · Skeletal Radiol · 2000

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Primary hyperparathyroidism is rarely caused by carcinoma. We report a patient who manifested many of the clinical and radiographic features of the disease. When encountering symptomatic hypercalcemia with or without a palpable neck mass, carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Patient survival depends on an aggressive surgical approach to the primary lesion and recurrent disease.

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