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Acute airway compromise due to parathyroid tumour apoplexy: an exceptionally rare and potentially life-threatening presentation

BACKGROUND: Spontaneous haemorrhage into a parathyroid adenoma is a rare and potentially life-threatening presentation. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 45 year old female recently diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism who presented with chest discomfort and acute airway compromise du...

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Autores principales: Garrahy, Aoife, Hogan, David, O’Neill, James Paul, Agha, Amar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28637440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-017-0186-2