ea0031p78 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2013
Thrower Sally
, Denley Adam
, Chen Mimi
, Johnson Andrew
Introduction: 85% of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism are caused by a parathyroid adenoma. These are usually small in size, in the range of 70 mg to 1 g. Those weighing more than 2 g are classified as giant adenomas. Few adenomas weighing more than 30 g have been described in the literature. Here we present one such case.Case report: A 52-year-old female presenting with lethargy was found to have a corrected calcium of 3.15 mmol/l with a ...