Parathyroid carcinoma: A case series

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 443-446

  Cheah, Wei Keat ^a   Rauff, A ^b   Lee, K O ^b   Tan, W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hypercalcaemia; Hyperparathyroidism; Invasion; Parathyroidectomy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEITIS FIBROSA; PARATHYROID CARCINOMA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24744445372     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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