Endocrine Abstracts

One of the main causes of protracted, severe hypocalcemia after parathyroidectomy is hungry bone syndrome (HBS). We report the case of a 40-year-old man who was first admitted to the Endocrinology department of Zemun Clinical Hospital (ZCH) in order to perform a workup for hypercalcemia. Further laboratory and imaging diagnostics indicated that a giant parathyroid adenoma, measuring approximately 6 cm in size, was the cause of the hypercalcaemia. An endocrine surgeon at the Cl...