title: A rare presentation in a case of parathyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Parathyroid carcinoma is a very rare endocrine malignancy, which usually presents with features of hypercalcaemia and a neck mass. Here a case of parathyroid carcinoma, whose only presenting feature was multiple pathological fractures, without any palpable neck mass is reported. En masse resection of the parathyroid mass along with ipsilateral hemithyroidectomy was performed, while the fractures were treated conservatively. At three years follow-up the patient does not have any recurrence or any evidence of metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700004.
authors.forename: Tamonas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Shamita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaterjee
authors.forename: Saibal Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Anindya Sundar
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed