Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Overview

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Primary hyperparathyroidism: diagnosis and management in 2017.

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a relatively common endocrine condition, which is being increasingly identified in its asymptomatic stage, following routine evaluation of serum calcium levels. Parathyroid hormone and calcium excess impact multiple organ systems. The greatest effects are seen on the skeleton and the kidney. This overview describes the current advances in the diagnosis, presentati...

Primary Hyperpail&thyro Idism, an Overview for Insurance Medicine

The etiology of primary hyperparathyroidism is not clearly defined. There is a history of irradiation to the neck in a reportable number of cases) The radiation dose reported has been variable, but the latent period may be upwards of thirty years.2 Primary hyperparathyroidism may also arise from the long term consequences of secondary hyperparathyroidism or long standing osteomalacia. Chronic l...

Hyperparathyroidism: An Overview

The four parathyroid glands, normally located behind the four poles of the thyroid gland, secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates extracellular calcium levels. Hyperparathyroidism, which can be primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary, results in excess production of PTH. Excessive PTH secretion may be due to hyper-function in the glands themselves, in which case it is referred to ...

Scintigraphic evaluation of multifocal osteolytic lesions in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism: A case report

Osteitis fibrosa cystica is the classic patognomonic form of skeletal disease in hyperparathyroidism that characterizes with decreased cortical bone thickness compared to increased cancellous bone. We present a case of 52-year old female patient with osteolysis of the left calf on radiographic images. The bone scan detected multiple focal pathological accumulations in the skull, left tibia, bot...