Endocrine Abstracts

A 64-year-old Caucasian woman presented with hypercalcaemia in 1994 with Parathormone (PTH) of 59.9 pmol/l and corrected Calcium of 2.68 mmol/l.A parathyroid was removed and histology revealed carcinomatous change with vascular invasion suggesting probable dissemination. In November 1998 her corrected Calcium was 2.74 mmol/l with a PTH of 7.2 pmols/l but in 1999 the PTH ranged between 157 and 195 pmol/l with corrected Calcium above 2.80 mmol/l.<p cla...