Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture
We present a case of an unusual presentation of parathyroid carcinoma. A women in her 40s presented with pathological fracture without any other symptom. All her investigations pointed towards an abnormally functioning parathyroid gland. The abnormally function parathyroid gland was localised and su...
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| author | Kantamani Bala Teja Shivakumar Thiagarajan Munita Menon |
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| description | We present a case of an unusual presentation of parathyroid carcinoma. A women in her 40s presented with pathological fracture without any other symptom. All her investigations pointed towards an abnormally functioning parathyroid gland. The abnormally function parathyroid gland was localised and subsequently the patient underwent surgical removal of the same. The final histopathological diagnosis was that of a parathyroid carcinoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80c8fd3bebd24188b106531847832ceb2025-01-23T05:50:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons2347-81282023-12-0111213413610.4103/jhnps.jhnps_14_23Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone FractureKantamani Bala TejaShivakumar ThiagarajanMunita MenonWe present a case of an unusual presentation of parathyroid carcinoma. A women in her 40s presented with pathological fracture without any other symptom. All her investigations pointed towards an abnormally functioning parathyroid gland. The abnormally function parathyroid gland was localised and subsequently the patient underwent surgical removal of the same. The final histopathological diagnosis was that of a parathyroid carcinoma.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jhnps.jhnps_14_23parathyroid carcinomapathological fractureuncommon presentation |
| spellingShingle | Kantamani Bala Teja Shivakumar Thiagarajan Munita Menon Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons parathyroid carcinoma pathological fracture uncommon presentation |
| title | Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture |
| title_full | Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture |
| title_fullStr | Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture |
| title_short | Parathyroid Carcinoma – An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Bone Fracture |
| title_sort | parathyroid carcinoma an uncommon differential diagnosis of pathological bone fracture |
| topic | parathyroid carcinoma pathological fracture uncommon presentation |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jhnps.jhnps_14_23 |
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