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Evaluation of thyroid and parathyroid gland scan be performed using imaging techniques such as ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Each technique has advantages and disadvantages. However, ultrasonography is...
Previously, radiologists played a limited role in the treatment of parathyroid disease, primary focusing on the preoperative localization of parathyroid lesions responsible for hyperparathyroidism. But, the widespread use of high-resolution...
A parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Even though the clinical
presentation in a parathyroid carcinoma is usually symptomatic and different from that in benign
parathyroid disease,...
When parathyroid carcinoma occurs in the thyroid gland, it is very difficult to diagnose before surgery because imaging studies and aspiration cytology cannot distinguish parathyroid carcinoma from thyroid nodule or...
The role of surgery in parathyroid disease has shown a recent decrease with development of calcinomimetics such as cinacalcet. During thyroid surgery, every endocrine surgeon makes every effort to preserve...
Since parathyroid hormone (PTH) was first isolated and its gene (PTH) was sequenced, only eight PTH mutations have been discovered. The C18R mutation in PTH, discovered in 1990, was the...
Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, a new technique for the surgical management of parathyroid disease, is gaining popularity. The smaller incision in the neck results in better cosmetic results and patient satisfaction....
It has been well known that 22q deletion syndrome (22qDS), encompasses several genetic syndromes associated with microdeletions at chromosome 22q11.2 became relatively generally identified in the 1990s through the availability...