Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of primary hyperparathyroidism is increasing owing to the more the routinely measurements of serum calcium. A single benign para-thyroid adenoma is the most frequent cause of sporadic PHPT. Primary hyperparathyroidism can also be due to ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in 11-25% of patients, more frequently involving inferior parathyroid translated in anterior mediastinum. In general to detect ectopic adenoma recent guidelines recommend the ...