Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Jan 2017)

Protean presentations of parathyroid adenoma in childhood

  • Subrata Dey,
  • Aziz Beawarwala,
  • Saikat Gupta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.194620
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 40 – 42

Abstract

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Parathyroid adenoma is a rare disease which is known to present with protean manifestations, leading to misdiagnosis in the initial stage of the disease. It is known to pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician, in which a high index of suspicion alone often leads to a proper diagnosis and timely management. We encountered two such cases who presented to us with varied presentation, in which nuclear scintigraphy along with intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay played a major role in diagnosis and management.

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