"Technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy is very helpful in the localisation of parathyroid adenomas (sensitivity up to 98%) but struggles to differentiate carcinomas and adenomas 3."
"hyperparathyroidism/jaw tumour syndrome (HPT-JT): parathyroid carcinomas occur in 10-15% of patients 5"
Expected headings
"Associations"
"Staging"
"symptomatic hypercalcaemia, e.g. weakness, nausea/vomiting, constipation, polyuria, pancreatitis, cardiac arrhythmias 5"
"There is no evidence that parathyroid carcinomas arise from the transformation of pre-existing parathyroid adenomas 2."