- Title
- Multimodality imaging in parathyroid carcinoma: a tale of two nodules
- Creator
- Walton, A. R.; Formby, M. R.; Kumar, A. S. Ravi
- Relation
- Radiology Case Reports Vol. 10, Issue 1, p. 1-4
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v10i1.914
- Publisher
- University of Washington * Department of Radiology
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. Clinical indicators of carcinoma include the severity of hyperparathyroidism and presence of a palpable neck mass. Definitive diagnosis requires surgical resection and specimen histology, or documentation of metastatic disease. We present a case of parathyroid carcinoma in a young female patient with severe hyperparathyroidism, who was also found to have subclinical hyperthyroidism in the setting of an intercurrent, solitary, functioning thyroid adenoma. A diagnostic approach to parathyroid disease, combining multimodality imaging and clinicopathologic features, is discussed.
- Subject
- parathyroid carcinoma; primary hyperparathyroidism; multimodality imaging; clinical indicators
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319974
- Identifier
- uon:24024
- Identifier
- ISSN:1930-0433
- Language
- eng
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