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Familial isolated parathyroid adenoma in a consanguineous family

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The 23-year-old Caucasian male propositus presented with symptomatic hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia and normocalciuria for 2 months. His 29-year-old brother had undergone an operation for recurrent parathyroid adenoma at age 26 and 28. No other member of the family was affected. His father and mother were second-degree relatives. Laboratory studies showed primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), while the remaining endocrine studies and genetic testing for multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 and 2A were normal. Technetium-cardiolite scintigraphy and ultrasound scans revealed a parathyroid mass at the left lower neck. Apart from bilateral hearing loss due to gentamicin treatment as a pre-term child, the patient was in of good health. Signs or symptoms of other endocrinopathies were absent. The patient was referred for parathyroidectomy with subsequent autotransplantation of the remaining glands into his sternocleidomastoid muscle. Histological examination revealed an adenoma with oncocytic differentiation, similar to that seen in his brother. The disease may follow a recessive mode of inheritance or may be due to a dominant germ-cell mutation in one of the parents. The presented case may ultimately help in elucidating the molecular genetic basis of this rare form of pHPT.

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  1. Dept. of Clinical Endocrinology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Clemens Bergwitz, B. Bremer, B. Mayr & G. Brabant

  2. Institute of Pathology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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Bergwitz, C., Bremer, B., Soudah, B. et al. Familial isolated parathyroid adenoma in a consanguineous family. J Endocrinol Invest 24, 349–355 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03343872

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