Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Extreme hypercalcemia is an endocrine emergency. Given parathyroid hormone (PTH)-dependent cause, carcinoma should be suspected as a possible etiology. The prevalence of parathyroid carcinoma among patients presenting with extreme hypercalcemia is not well elucidated.Aim: Establish proportion of patients with parathyroid carcinoma among those presenting with severe hypercalcemia and compare clinical and laboratory features between benign and ...