Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chemodectomas of carotid glomus secret mainly catecholamines and/or ACTH. These tumours are very rare cause of ectopic secretion of parathormone (PTH), althought this possibility should be taken into consideration. Therefore, diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) as a cause of hypercalcemia in patients with chemodectoma tumours is problematic and may lead to inappropriate diagnosis and treatment. Presented patient is a 64-years old female with non-opera...