title: Parathyroid adenoma, hyperplasia, and carcinoma: localization, technical details of primary neck exploration, and treatment of hypercalcemic crisis.
abstract: The pathologic characteristics and clinical presentation of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are discussed including the treatment of hypercalcemic crisis. Surgical issues, including the use of localizing studies, and the surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kebebew
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006965:Hyperplasia; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy