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Spontaneous remission of hypercalcemia in a functioning parathyroid cyst

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We treated a patient with a hyperfunctioning parathyroid cyst detected incidentally and which disappeared spontaneously. High levels of plasma PTH disappeared after removal of the cystic lesion of the parathyroid gland. Histologically, a secondary pseudocyst resulting from a cystic degeneration of an adenoma was observed. Minor hemorrhage of an unknown cause, within the adenoma, led to the large cystic lesion of the parathyroid gland.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Tottori University School of Medicine, 36-1, Nishi-machi, Tottori, 683, Yonago, Japan

    Osamu Ozaki, Masahiko Sakamoto, Yasuki Matsui, Takeshi Notsu, Keisuke Hirai & Tohru Mori

  2. Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-machi, Tottori, 683, Yonago, Japan

    Osamu Ozaki

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Ozaki, O., Sakamoto, M., Matsui, Y. et al. Spontaneous remission of hypercalcemia in a functioning parathyroid cyst. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 14, 315–319 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469648

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