title: Protean Presentations of Parathyroid Adenoma in Childhood.
abstract: Parathyroid adenoma is a rare disease which is known to present with protean manifestations, leading to misdiagnosis in the initial stage of the disease. It is known to pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician, in which a high index of suspicion alone often leads to a proper diagnosis and timely management. We encountered two such cases who presented to us with varied presentation, in which nuclear scintigraphy along with intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay played a major role in diagnosis and management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beawarwala
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
keywords: Intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay; nuclear scintigraphy; parathyroid adenoma