Open AccessProtean presentations of parathyroid adenoma in childhood
Author(s) -
Subrata Kumar Dey,
Aziz Beawarwala,
Soumya Gupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.194620
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , parathyroid adenoma , scintigraphy , general surgery , adenoma , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , parathyroid hormone , disease , primary hyperparathyroidism , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology , calcium
Parathyroid adenoma is a rare disease which is known to present with protean manifestations, leading to misdiagnosis in the initial stage of the disease. It is known to pose a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician, in which a high index of suspicion alone often leads to a proper diagnosis and timely management. We encountered two such cases who presented to us with varied presentation, in which nuclear scintigraphy along with intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay played a major role in diagnosis and management.