Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is nowadays an asymptomatic disease characterized by mild hypercalcemia and elevated parathormone (PTH) levels. A non-typical form of the disease distinguished by high PTH levels, normal serum calcium concentrations, and no evidence of secondary hyperparathyroidism was recently identified. The data about parathyroid imaging findings in the normocalcemic type of the disease are lacking. Ultrasonography (US) is the most convenient i...

Background: The association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality is well known in symptomatic PHPT patients. Atherosclerosis is considered nowadays as an inflammatory process. Elevated serum levels of acute phase proteins, C-reactive protein (CRP) and the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF α), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as insulin resistance, indicating chronic subclinical inflammati...