Endocrine Abstracts

A 72-year-old gentleman was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism in 2005. He had 6 admissions in a year with hypercalcaemia refractory to treatment with conventional agents. On each admission he was treated with intravenous pamidronate and fluid resuscitation. This resulted in an average stay of 16 days and an average cost of £4800 per admission.A single parathyroid adenoma was diagnosed on sestambiscan. He was not considered fit for surgery d...