The management of acute parathyroid crisis secondary to parathyroid carcinoma: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Hypercalcaemic hyperparathyroid crisis is a rare but life-threatening complication of primary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare malignancy with an incidence of 0.5% to 4% of all reported cases of primary hyperpar...

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Main Authors: O'Malley Diarmuid, Fattah Nariman, Rock Kathy, McDermott Enda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/28