ea0044ep33 | (1) | SFEBES2016
Agha Adnan
, Aldridge Kerrie Anne
, Salahuddin Sofia
Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma (PTHCa) is a rare malignant tumour which, although associated with higher calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels at presentation and younger age group, can only be diagnosed on histological basis. Recent studies have shown a logarithmic formula (using Calcium, PTH and age) can predict PTHCa if it scores more than 5%, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 30% respectively. We describe a case where application of similar formula...