[Morphology of the parathyroid glands. A study of 146 samples and review of the literature].
Parathyroid hyperfunction condition has a very diverse and unspecific symptoms and signs. We have performed an anatomopathologic study of 146 parathyroid gland from patients diagnosed from hyperparathyroidism. About a 72.6% of the patients presented a parathyroid adenoma while in the rest 27.4% it was observed principal cells hyperplasia. Up to now we have not registered any cases of parathyroid carcinoma after anatomopathological exam of the removed gland. The mayority of the adenomas (85%) were found on the lower parathyroids and its size varied between 6 mm and 5 cm. In one case an double adenoma was diagnosed and in another two cases the adenoma was located in the superior mediastine.
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Facultativo Especialista de Otorrinolaringología, Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
Pantoja Hernández
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Mora Santos
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González Palomino
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Pardo Romero
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Gómez de Tejada Romero
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Blasco Huelva
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049950:Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology