Functional Parathyroid Cyst: A Rare Cause of Malignant Hypercalcemia with Primary Hyperparathyroidism—A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Parathyroid cysts are rare lesions found in the neck and anterior mediastinum. They are often nonfunctional (>90%) and rarely in the functional form. This paper discusses a case of severe hypercalcemia (23 mg/dL) secondary to a rare functional parathyroid cyst. The patient was later found to have...

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Autores principales: Khan, Areej, Khan, Yusra, Raza, Shahzad, Akbar, Ghulam, Khan, Monis, Diwan, Nauman, Rizvi, Wajih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3295540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/851941

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