A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism due to Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma in the Thymus, Accompanied With Vitamin D Deficiency | Zendy

Guoxing Wang | Zendy; Haijuan Xiao | Zendy; Zhenyang Gu | Zendy; Tongfeng Zhao | Zendy

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A Case of Primary Hyperparathyroidism due to Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma in the Thymus, Accompanied With Vitamin D Deficiency

Author(s) -

Guoxing Wang,

Haijuan Xiao,

Zhenyang Gu,

Tongfeng Zhao

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-4152

Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , vitamin d deficiency , parathyroid adenoma , hyperparathyroidism , vitamin d and neurology , osteoporosis , gastroenterology , surgery

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) caused by ectopic parathyroid adenoma (EPA) is not rare, whereas the concurrence of PHPT and vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in youth is uncommon. We reported a case of PHPT with EPA in the thymus, accompanied by a very low level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D.

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