This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (17)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Alfred Katz, MD; Glenn D. Braunstein, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1983;143(1):79-82.

Abstract
• The clinical, biochemical, and pathologic findings in 43 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) and a history of irradiation to the head or neck were compared with those found in a group of 162 patients with HPT without prior irradiation. There were no differences between the groups with regard to mean age at the time of diagnosis, male to female ratio, serum calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone concentrations; in the frequency of single parathyroid adenomas v multiglandular disease; or in associated nonthyroidal neoplasms. Asymptomatic HPT was found with greater frequency in the irradiated patients. Almost 80% of the patients with a history of irradiation had concomitant thyroid disease, primarily adenomas and carcinomas, while less than 50% of the patients without a history of irradiation had thyroid disease, mainly colloid nodules, at surgery.

(Arch Intern Med 1983;143:79-82)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Endocrinology, Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 15, 1982.

Reprint requests to Division of Endocrinology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Room 516, Schuman Building, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (Dr Braunstein).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Spontaneous resolution and recurrence of hypercalcemia in primary hyperparathyroidism—anecdotal observations with potential implications for parathyroid pathophysiology in renal disease
Elangovan et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant 1999;14:2323-2327.
FULL TEXT  

The Endocrine Effects of Nonhormonal Antineoplastic Therapy
Yeung et al.
Endocr. Rev. 1998;19:144-172.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Hypercalcemia in the Critically Ill Patient
Reasner and Mundy
J Intensive Care Med 1986;1:319-328.
ABSTRACT  

Radiation-Associated Recurrent Parathyroid Adenoma
Rajatanavin et al.
Arch Intern Med 1985;145:154-155.
ABSTRACT