title: Hyperfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Primary hyperparathyroidism is rarely caused by carcinoma. We report a patient who manifested many of the clinical and radiographic features of the disease. When encountering symptomatic hypercalcemia with or without a palpable neck mass, carcinoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Patient survival depends on an aggressive surgical approach to the primary lesion and recurrent disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland 04102, USA.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Abrahams
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanks
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002118:Calcium