Primary hyperparathyroidism

KL Insogna - New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Primary Hyperparathyroidism In primary hyperparathyroidism, serum
calcium levels are elevated in the context of nonsuppressed parathyroid hormone levels. It is …

The EANM practice guidelines for parathyroid imaging

P Petranović Ovčariček, L Giovanella… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Nuclear medicine parathyroid imaging is important in the identification of
hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), but it may be …

Surgical hypoparathyroidism

HS Kazaure, JA Sosa - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, 2018 - endo.theclinics.com
The original description of the parathyroid gland in humans is attributed to Ivor V. Sandstrom
(1852–1889), a medical student at the University of Uppsala, who independently described …

Malignancy rates in thyroid nodules: a long-term cohort study of 17,592 patients

M Grussendorf, I Ruschenburg… - European Thyroid …, 2022 - etj.bioscientifica.com
Objectives Ultrasound diagnosis of thyroid nodules has greatly increased their detection
rate. Their risk for malignancy is estimated between 7 and 15% in data from specialized …

Additional value of integrated 18F-choline PET/4D contrast-enhanced CT in the localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands and correlation with molecular …

A Piccardo, P Trimboli, M Rutigliani, M Puntoni… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland (s)(HPTG) in patients with
primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) with negative or inconclusive first-line imaging is a …

Diagnosis and management of primary hyperparathyroidism across the Veterans Affairs health care system

EA Alore, JW Suliburk, DJ Ramsey… - JAMA Internal …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Untreated primary hyperparathyroidism impairs quality of life and incurs
substantial costs. Parathyroidectomy is a low-risk, high-success, definitive intervention …

Advances in the diagnosis and the management of primary hyperparathyroidism

AK Islam - Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The parathyroid glands, one of the last organs to be discovered, are responsible for
maintaining calcium homeostasis, and they continue to present the clinician with diagnostic …

Focused versus bilateral parathyroid exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M **ih, E O'Connell, DP O'Leary, A Liew… - Annals of surgical …, 2017 - Springer
Background Focused exploration (FE) and bilateral parathyroid exploration (BE) are the
standard surgical options for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. However, the …

Persistent and recurrent hyperparathyroidism

C Guerin, NC Paladino, A Lowery, F Castinetti… - Updates in Surgery, 2017 - Springer
Despite remarkable progress in imaging modalities and surgical management, persistence
or recurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) still occurs in 2.5–5% of cases of …

Effectiveness and safety of thermal ablation in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: a multicenter study

Y Wei, CZ Peng, SR Wang, JF He… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Context Ultrasound (US)-guided thermal ablation has generated recent interest as minimally
invasive treatments of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). But definitive evidence for the …