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Metastatic parathyroid carcinoma in the MEN2A syndrome.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 1997
Jenkins P J, Satta M A, Simmgen M, Drake W M, Williamson C, Lowe D G, Britton K, Chew S L, Thakker R V, Besser G M
Abstract excerpt
We report a patient with a metastatic parathyroid carcinoma and medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. This patient represents a variation of the multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome (MEN) type 2A. There was no evidence of a phaeochromocytoma. The case illustrates the difficulties that may be encountered in localising the source of PTH secretion; the patient underwent four unsuccessful exploratory operations of the...
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