Primary hyperparathyroidism unmasked by donor nephrectomy.
A patient who was normocalcaemic before donation of a kidney to her son developed hypercalcaemia in the immediate postoperative period, which was subsequently found to be due to a parathyroid adenoma. It is assumed that the hypercalcaemia was unmasked by the reduction in glomerular filtration rate following the nephrectomy.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014019:Tissue Donors