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Establishment of a Simple and Effective Rat Model for Intraoperative Parathyroid Gland Imaging
Published on: August 17, 2022
A rare presentation in a case of parathyroid carcinoma
Tamonas Chaudhuri1, Shamita Chaterjee, Saibal Kumar Mukherjee
1Department of General Surgery, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700004.
Abstract:
Parathyroid carcinoma is a very rare endocrine malignancy, which usually presents with features of hypercalcaemia and a neck mass. Here a case of parathyroid carcinoma, whose only presenting feature was multiple pathological fractures, without any palpable neck mass is reported. En masse resection of the parathyroid mass along with ipsilateral hemithyroidectomy was performed, while the fractures were treated conservatively. At three years follow-up the patient does not have any recurrence or any evidence of metastasis.
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