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Giant parathyroid adenoma: a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism mimicking a carcinoma
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Affiliations- General and Emergency Surgery Department, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Centre, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
- Endocrinology, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Centre, Catania, Italy
- Surgical Oncology, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy
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Keywords
giant adenoma; parathyroid; primary hyperparathyroidism; hypercalcaemia; pathological bone fracture
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Giant parathyroid adenoma: a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism mimicking a carcinoma
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359-360
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2020-06-01
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Endokrynol Pol 2020;71(4):359-360.
Keywords
giant adenoma
parathyroid
primary hyperparathyroidism
hypercalcaemia
pathological bone fracture
Authors
Giuseppe Evola
Martina Tavarelli
Francesco Roberto Evola
Giulia Sapuppo
Gabriella Pellegriti
Romilda Masucci
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