Primary hyperparathyroidism misdiagnosed as metastatic disease, with trans-oral endoscopic surgical management

Primary hyperparathyroidism is not so uncommon a disease. In high-income countries, with the introduction of routine biochemical testing in 1980s, it is diagnosed early, and the majority are seen as asymptomatic disease. However, in India, a severe symptomatic form is still seen, and many times patients are undiagnosed, thus continuing to suffer debilitating disease. Here, we report such a patient who was being treated as having bony metastases from an unknown primary source, when in fact he had osteitis fibrosa cystica due to primary hyperparathyroidism and was cured after surgery.