Endocrine Abstracts

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is rarely associated with the development of acute pancreatitis (AP). The incidence of AP induced by hypercalcemia in PHPT varies between 1.5 and 7%. PHPT is most commonly caused by parathyroid adenoma and infrequently by parathyroid hyperplasia, carcinoma or cyst and multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) types 1 and 2A. The present case is a 48-year-old man referred to our service for further investigation 1 month after an acute hemorrhagic nec...

Parathyroid adenomas (85% of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism) are usually small in size (weigh 70 mg – 1 g). Giant parathyroid adenomas (GPTA) weighing more than 3.5 g are very rare, more common in males, in the 6th decade of life, generally affect one parathyroid gland, are oxyphilic and ectopic in 50% of cases.We report the case of a 53-year-old woman presented for asthenia, fatigue, tingling in the arms and legs without other symp...