Abstract:Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been reported to occur in members of same family either alone or in syndromic association. We report a family of patients with multi glandular disease wherein we have successfully used intra operative PTH (IOPTH) to assess the completeness of resection. Three members of one family were affected (One male and two females). Two of them had symptomatic disease whereas one was asymptomatic. Since the genetic studies are not available we used a combination of radiological, cli… Show more
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