ea0035p603 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2014
Segiet Oliwia
, Michalski Marek
, Piecuch Adam
, Gawrychowski Jacek
, zaba Malgorzata
, Wojnicz Romuald
Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders caused by adenoma (80%), hyperplasia (15%) and carcinoma (5%). It is often difficult to differentiate between hyperplasia from an adenoma of a parathyroid gland. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to assess apoptotic index as a potentially useful in diagnosis.Methods: Apoptotic cells was investigated in the parathyroid specimens of 21patients (4M, 17F, average age o...