ALLMedicine™ Hyperparathyroidism Center

Nov 25th, 2022 - Persistent Hyperparathyroidism: A Reality Calling for Additional Evidence.|2022|Jørgensen HS,Evenepoel P,|

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Parathyroid carcinoma (PC) and atypical parathyroid tumor (APT) are rare parathyroid disorders carrying the risk of recurrence of varying degrees. This study aims to explore the value of 2D-shear wave elastography (SWE) in the discrimination of PC...

Nov 22nd, 2022 - Recent changes in the landscape of endocrine surgery include a shift from total thyroidectomy for almost all patients with papillary thyroid cancer to the incorporation of thyroid lobectomy for well-selected patients with low-risk disease; minimal...

Nov 20th, 2022 - Most patients with parathyroid adenomas are asymptomatic and rarely present with chronic pancreatitis (CP). Several studies have reported a positive association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and pancreatitis. Parathyroidectomy is the ...

Nov 20th, 2022 - Secondary parathyroid hyperplasia canceration is very rare and thus easily be overlooked during parathyroid ultrasound examination. However, secondary parathyroid hyperplasia still has the possibility of canceration, and it is still important to b...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Hyperparathyroidism is defined as excessive parathyroid hormone production. The diagnosis is made through biochemical testing, in which imaging has no role. However, imaging is appropriate for preoperative parathyroid gland localization with the i...

Dec 20th, 2019 - Bone mineral abnormalities (defined as Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral Bone Disorder; CKD-MBD) are prevalent and associated with a substantial risk burden and poor prognosis in CKD population. Several lines of evidence support the notion that a lar...

Jul 31st, 2014 - The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) published its document, Vitamin D and Bone Health: A Practical Clinical Guideline for Patient Management, in 2013 as a practical clinical guideline on the management of vitamin D deficiency in adult patients...

Jul 25th, 2012 - AME position statement: primary hyperparathyroidism in clinical practice.|2012|Zini M,Attanasio R,Cesareo R,Emmolo I,Frasoldati A,|therapeutic use,etiology,therapeutic use,therapeutic use,complications,diagnosis,drug therapy,surgery,etiology,blood,

Jan 11th, 2011 - To agree terminology and to develop recommendations for the diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD). The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) CPPD Task Force, comprising 15 experts from 10 countries, agreed the terms and recomme...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Background: Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) is a calcitonin producing tumor arising from the parafollicular C cells of thyroid. In children and adults, MTC is usually seen in association with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) 2A and 2B, which a...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Familial multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), familial hypocalciuric (or familial benign) hypercalcemia (FHH), hyperparathyroidism - jaw tumor syndrome (HPT-JT), other causes of familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), and pseudohypopa...

Oct 6th, 2022 - End-stage renal disease is a chronic disease requiring treatment with dialysis or renal transplantation. Patients require an adequate vascular access for hemodialysis (HD). Autologous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is gold standard to maintain vascul...

Sep 30th, 2022 - The parathyroid glands are responsible for controlling mineral homeostasis in order to keep circulating calcium levels constant by acting on the target organs, where they induce mobilization of calcium from the bone matrix, and they promote the re...

Sep 23rd, 2022 - Osteoporosis and osteopenia are chronic diseases disproportionately affecting the elderly. In the United States, the prevalence of osteoporosis is projected to increase from 10 million in 2005 to 14 million in 2025, due to population aging. Simila...

Sep 28th, 2022 - The Diagnosis: Calciphylaxis Calciphylaxis is a rare life-threatening condition that most often is seen in patients with end-stage renal disease at a rate of 35 per 10,000 chronic dialysis patients. 1 It less commonly has been described in nonuremi.

Aug 19th, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Aug 10th, 2022 - Among women who took vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and who breastfed for more than 1 month, the likelihood of atopic eczema in the baby's first year was reduced, according to results of a clinical trial. "Our data provide the first random...

Jun 29th, 2022 - Dr Mattias Lorentzon Patients with untreated primary hyperparathyroidism show significant increases in the risk of hip fracture, cardiovascular events, and mortality, however, the risk is reduced when treated with parathyroidectomy, results from a...

May 31st, 2022 - Researchers published the study covered in this summary on researchsquare.com as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Researchers have developed and validated a predictive model to estimate the amount of postoperative intr...