CURE OF HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN PREGNANCY BY STERNOTOMY AND REMOVAL OFA MEDIASTINAL PARATHYROID ADENOMA

Authors
ROONEY DP TRAUB AI RUSSELL CFJ HADDEN DR
Citation
Dp. Rooney et al., CURE OF HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN PREGNANCY BY STERNOTOMY AND REMOVAL OFA MEDIASTINAL PARATHYROID ADENOMA, Postgraduate medical journal, 74(870), 1998, pp. 233-234
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
74
Issue
870
Year of publication
1998
Pages
233 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1998)74:870<233:COHIPB>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Primary hyperparathyroidism is rarely reported during pregnancy but ca n cause significant maternal and neonatal morbidity. We report a case of hyperparathyroidism during pregnancy requiring median sternotomy fo r resection of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. Surgery resulted in normalisation of serum calcium, resolution of symptoms, and prevented neonatal hypocalcaemia.