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ea0029p408 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ICEECE2012

The diagnostic challenge of a parathyroid adenoma undetectable by Tc-99m Sestamibi scintigraphy or computed tomography in a patient with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis and hypercalcaemia

El-Sheikha J. , Hutchinson I. , Pettit A.

Hypercalcaemia is a common finding in numerous diseases processes but is non-specific to its cause. We report a case of a 55-year-old lady with known sarcoidosis who developed hypercalcaemia and elevated parathyroid hormone due to a parathyroid adenoma. Both these disease processes are independently associated with hypercalcamia, but it is unusual to have both in combination and difficult to establish which is the primary cause. In our case the diagnosis was complicated by a n...