Endocrine Abstracts

We present a patient with asymtomatic primary hyperparathyroidism who became normocalcaemic following spontaneous infarction of a parathyroid adenoma. He was referred by the General Practitioner following an episode of renal colic when he was found to have a raised adjusted serum calcium level of 3.07 millimols/litre (ref 2.10-2.70). Parathyroid hormone level was 33.2 picomols/litre (ref 1.3-7.6), confirming primary hyperparathyroidism. A SESTIMIBI scan revealed a parathyroid ...

We present a patient with asymtomatic primary hyperparathyroidism who became normocalcaemic following spontaneous infarction of a parathyroid adenoma. He was referred by the General Practitioner following an episode of renal colic when he was found to have a raised adjusted serum calcium level of 3.07 millimols/litre (ref 2.10-2.70). Parathyroid hormone level was 33.2 picomols/litre (ref 1.3-7.6), confirming primary hyperparathyroidism. A SESTIMIBI scan revealed a parathyroid ...