Synchronous occurrence of parathyroid carcinoma and adenoma in an elderly woman.
The simultaneous occurrence of parathyroid carcinoma and other pathologic conditions of the parathyroid on a sporadic basis is extremely rare. Parathyroid exploration in an otherwise healthy 78-year-old woman with no underlying risk factors revealed synchronous right upper parathyroid adenoma and left upper parathyroid carcinoma. The patient's modest hypercalcemia (11.5 to 12.3 mg/dl) was seemingly at variance with remarkable parathormone elevations of 30 to 70 times normal.
Shapiro
D M
DM
Department of Surgery, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Ill. 60616.
Recant
W
W
Hemmati
M
M
Mazzone
T
T
Evans
R H
RH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002118:Calcium