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国际标准期刊号: [Jurnalul de chirurgie]
ISSN: 1584-9341

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Current Concepts in the Presentation, Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Abstract

Amal Alhefdhi

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common clinical endocrine disorder. It is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in the outpatient setting. This review presents a brief summary of the new trends of presentation, diagnosis and management PHPT.

Data Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine) articles, and Memorial Library archives of the University of Wisconsin System.

Conclusions: PHPT occurs at any age, but it is most commonly seen in people over the age of 50 years and postmenopausal women. The current presentation of PHPT shifts from the classical symptomatic form to the asymptomatic form; however, parathyroidectomy is still the treatment of choice for both symptomatic and asymptomatic forms. In the past, bilateral neck exploration and intraoperative identification of all 4 parathyroid glands was the standard of treatment, nevertheless, nowadays, with the introduction of the preoperative and intraoperative localization techniques, the minimally invasive parathyroidectomy has evolved

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