title: Primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to simultaneous bilateral parathyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare malignancy, and experience with its management is limited. It is generally accepted that surgery is the treatment of choice, and the initial operative intervention might represent the only chance for long-term success. At the time of surgery, a high index of suspicion for carcinoma is vital to performing the appropriate surgical procedures, because frozen-section diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma is notoriously unreliable. In this article, we describe our experience with this rare entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science, Martin Luther King Jr. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. jimbrown@cdrewu.edu
authors.forename: Jimmy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Hezla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williams-Smith
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yee
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology