Parathyroid carcinoma and primary autoimmune hypothyroidism in an elderly woman.
Severe hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis was observed in a 69-yr-old Sardinian woman. To our knowledge, this association has not been reported so far. Given the high prevalence of autoimmune disease in elderly women, a random occurrence of the two conditions could represents the most probable explanation.
Loviselli
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Cattedra di Endocrinologia, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Sammartano
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L
Mastinu
G L
GL
Secchi
F M
FM
Porcu
A
A
Tanda
F
F
Mariotti
S
S
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*