Turner syndrome has multiple comorbidities such as osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. As they are treatable conditions in Turner syndrome, early recognition and proper treatment should be needed. We report on a 23-year-old woman with Turner syndrome who presented with severe osteoporosis and hypercalcemia. Laboratory tests showed elevated levels of serum calcium ...

The binding sites of lectins in parathyroid glands were determined by an immunohistochemical method in normal parathyroid gland, hyperplasia, adenoma and carcinoma, the used lectins were commercially available Glycine max (SBA), Concanavalin enciformis (Con A), Triticum vulgaris (WGA), Richinus communis (RCA), Banderiaea simplicifolia II (BSA II) and Arachis hypogaea (PNA). For normal parathyro...

Vitamin D or vitamin D analogues pulse therapy is seldom effective in patients with at least one parathyroid gland with nodular hyperplasia, and surgical parathyroidectomy or parathyroid intervention is indicated. In parathyroid interventions, especially in selective percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT), the enlarged parathyroid gland(s) with nodular hyperplasia is selectively destroye...

We qualitatively and quantitatively investigated the parathyroid glands of golden hamsters aged 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 months. Percent area of rER in the parathyroid gland in golden hamsters at 24 months of age was significantly higher when compared to 6 and 12 months of age, and the percent area at 30 months of age was significantly higher when compared to 12 months of age, but there were no sig...

Parathyroid carcinoma is rare and the associated hypercalcaemia is often resistant to all treatment. A case is described in which prolonged control of hypercalcaemia has been achieved by infrequent infusions of pamidronate despite continuing hypersecretion of parathyroid hormone.

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of hypercalcemia. Hypercalcemic crisis is a medical emergency. Hemodialysis is rarely needed to treat hypercalcaemia. We report a case of refractory hypercalcaemia secondary to parathyroid carcinoma requiring haemodialysis.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine if ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of hyperplastic parathyroid glands could be used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in patients with chronic kidney disease. METHODS RFA of the hyperplastic parathyroid glands was performed in 34 patients with secondary HPT. Intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), calcium, and phospho...

OBJECTIVE After thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia is the most significant complication for clinicians. In this study, we investigated the factors associated with development of hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated the patients prospectively for age, gender, preoperative diagnosis, hormonal status, operative time, operating surgeon, existence of parathyroid gland ...

Primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenomas may be associated with ectopic parathyroid gland localization in 20-25% of the patients. We report herein the excision of an ectopic parathyroid adenoma which was detected in the thymus gland by gamma probe intraoperatively. A 38-year-old patient presented to our clinic with a history of bilateral nephrolithiasis, chronic hypercalcaemia, a...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine whether intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone (IOiPTH) levels can predict the functional status of remaining parathyroids at the end of total thyroidectomy and thereby be a guide for parathyroid autotransplantation when glands are deemed not functional. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study involving 23 patients undergoing either total thyroidect...