Primary Hyperparathyroidism in a Cat

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Report on 30 Cases of the Disease

Primary hyperparathyroidism is not nowadays considered a rare disease and according to some reports, its incidence is 1/1000. This disorder can be accompanied with severe complications including renal failure and bone illnesses and this can highly elevate the treatment costs and causes social problems and troubles within families. The descriptive strategy of this study was carried out on 30 pa...

Scintigraphic evaluation of multifocal osteolytic lesions in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism: A case report

Osteitis fibrosa cystica is the classic patognomonic form of skeletal disease in hyperparathyroidism that characterizes with decreased cortical bone thickness compared to increased cancellous bone. We present a case of 52-year old female patient with osteolysis of the left calf on radiographic images. The bone scan detected multiple focal pathological accumulations in the skull, left tibia, bot...

Adenoma weight and biochemical parameters in primary hyperparathyroidism

 Abstract Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism is autonomous production of parathyroid hormone. After removal of adenoma, one of the surgeons concern is postoperative hypocalcaemia. There is no precise method to determine if patients have hypocalcaemia postoperatively. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between parathyroid adenoma weights, postoperative serum calcium and...

Ultrasound in primary hyperparathyroidism