SPONTANEOUS INFARCTION OF PARATHYROID ADENOMA - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Authors
MIR R GEROLD T KHAN S WEITZ J
Citation
R. Mir et al., SPONTANEOUS INFARCTION OF PARATHYROID ADENOMA - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW, Head & neck, 15(6), 1993, pp. 566-568
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Head & neck → ACNP
ISSN journal
10433074
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
566 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
1043-3074(1993)15:6<566:SIOPA->2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A patient with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism who spontaneou sly became normocalcemia is reported. The only significant finding was that of pain and tenderness in the enlarged parathyroid gland 2 weeks prior to surgery. This was due to a recent infarction of a parathyroi d adenoma. (C) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.