Parathyroid adenoma

Disease	Injury	Nutrition	Poison

Special Topic	Surgery	Symptoms	Test

Endocrine glands

Parathyroid adenoma

Symptoms:

Many people have no symptoms and the condition is discovered in the course of treatment for another problem or picked up via tests done as part of a general physical.

Symptoms that may occur include the following:

Signs and tests:

Signs may include:

fractures
renal colic

Tests may show:

elevated serum calcium
low serum phosphorus
elevated intact PTH
elevated serum chloride
low serum bicarbonate
elevated 24-hour urine calcium
low bone mineral density
abnormal X-rays (may show kidney stones)
renal stones on ultrasound or CT
MRI or Tc-thallium neck scan showing enlarged parathyroid

Review Date: 7/29/2002
Reviewed By: Todd T. Brown, M.D., Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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