Open AccessPrimary Hyperparathyroidism - Experience at Mayo Hospital, Lahore
Author(s) -
Kh Muhammad Azim,
Ashfaq Ahmad,
Jawad Zaheer,
Anwar Ul Haq
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v9i3.1330
Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , malignancy , general hospital , adenoma , histopathological examination , retrospective cohort study , hyperplasia , ultrasonography , surgery , general surgery , radiology , pathology
The retrospective study was carried out on surgical floor at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, over a span of 15 years. Twenty patients referred from various specialities were included in the study. Seven were male and 13 were female. All patients were diagnosed biochemically and localization was performed with the help of ultrasonography, thallium & technitum subtraction. All patients underwent surgical exploration by adopting four glands exposure technique. Sixteen having single adenoma, two patients having multiple adenoma and two as hyperplasia and no malignancy seen on the basis of histopathological examination. No significant morbidity and no mortality observed in the series.