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parathyroid carcinoma
Tuesday 11 November 2003
Digital cases
JRC:9410 : Parathyroid carcinoma.
JRC:9413 : Parathyroid carcinoma.
JRC:18765 : Parathyroid carcinoma.
JRC:18895 : Parathyroid carcinoma (M; 65 y/o).
Images
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- https://twitter.com/aakasharmand/status/737983217077256192
Epidemiology
less than 1 percent of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism
Etiology
HRPT2 mutations in 66% of apparently sporadic parathyroid carcinomas
See also
parathyroid tumors
- parathyroid adenoma
References
Classification of parathyroid cancer. Schulte KM, Gill AJ, Barczynski M, Karakas E, Miyauchi A, Knoefel WT, Lombardi CP, Talat N, Diaz-Cano S, Grant CS. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Aug;19(8):2620-8. doi : 10.1245/s10434-012-2306-6 PMID: 22434247
Parathyroid tumors and related disorders. DeLellis RA. Mod Pathol. 2011 Apr;24 Suppl 2:S78-93. doi : 10.1038/modpathol.2010.132 PMID: 21455204 [Free]