title: Parathyroid carcinoma and primary autoimmune hypothyroidism in an elderly woman.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Endocrinologia, University of Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loviselli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sammartano
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Mastinu
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Secchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porcu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mariotti
mesh_terms: 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*