title: Parathyroid adenoma with conflicting parathyroid hormone levels.
abstract: For discrepant diagnoses in a patient with hypercalcemia, the authors utilized three different parathyroid hormone assays. The new two-site immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) proved to be the most accurate and is recommended in the differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Englewood Hospital, NJ 07631.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suresh
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D007120:Immunochemistry; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone