Spontaneous infarction of parathyroid adenoma: Case report and literature review
β Scribed by Rabia Mir; Thomas Gerold; Saad Khan; Jean Weitz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 894 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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β¦ Synopsis
A patient with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism who spontaneously became normocalcernia is reported. The only significant finding was that of pain and tenderness in the enlarged parathyroid gland 2 weeks prior to surgery. This was due to a recent infarction of a parathyroid adenoma.
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