A case of adolescent giant parathyroid adenoma presenting multiple osteolytic fractures and postoperative hungry bone syndrome

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and postoperative hungry bone syndrome are very rare conditions in adolescents, and may be frequently misdiagnosed as a metastatic bone tumor. However, delay in diagnosis may lead to a fatal preoperative hypercalcemia and postoperative hypocalcemia. PHPT is a diffe...

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Autores principales: Ebina, Kosuke, Miyoshi, Yuji, Izumi, Shinji, Hashimoto, Jun, Naka, Norifumi, Tsukamoto, Yasunori, Kashii, Masafumi, Kaito, Takashi, Yoshikawa, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.360
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Sumario:Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and postoperative hungry bone syndrome are very rare conditions in adolescents, and may be frequently misdiagnosed as a metastatic bone tumor. However, delay in diagnosis may lead to a fatal preoperative hypercalcemia and postoperative hypocalcemia. PHPT is a differential diagnosis of adolescent hypercalcemia and osteolytic fractures.

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