Therapeutic and diagnostic algorithm for preoperative prediction of sporadic multigland parathyroid disease
E. A. Ilyicheva,
G. A. Bersenev,
V. N. Makhutov
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrinological disease that is characterized by autonomic increased synthesis of parathyroid hormone (PTH) with elevated or upper-normal levels of blood calcium [1]. In 80–85% of cases, the cause of sporadic PHPT is an adenoma of one parathyroid gland (PTG) (sigle-gland parathyroid disease), in 20–25% — a lesion of a larger number of PTGs (hyperplasia of all glands or double adenomas — multigland parathyroid disease) [2]. The complexity of clinical a… Show more
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