Endocrine Abstracts

Lithium is considered a mainstay treatment option for the management of bipolar affective disorder. However, lithium administration is characterized by endocrine effects. The aim was to present the case of a patient who was on treatment with lithium for many years for the management of bipolar affective disorder and presented with a large parathyroid adenoma causing clinical hyperparathyroidism with severe hypercalcemia who was successfully treated by surgical excision of the ...