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Parathyroid Chief Cell Adenoma Associated with Massive Chronic Parathyroiditis in a Woman with Hyperparathyroidism

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We report here the case of a 43-year-old woman with hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid chief cell adenoma, and massive chronic parathyroiditis. The patient was diagnosed with breast cancer and received chemotherapy 3 years before parathyroidectomy. The question can be raised whether chemotherapeutic agents may damage parathyroid cells leading to loss of self-tolerance and autoimmune chronic parathyroiditis.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B1W8

    Kalman Kovacs, Cecil David Bell, Jonathan Juco & Fabio Rotondo

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Jennifer Anderson

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Kovacs, K., Bell, C.D., Juco, J. et al. Parathyroid Chief Cell Adenoma Associated with Massive Chronic Parathyroiditis in a Woman with Hyperparathyroidism. Endocr Pathol 18, 42–45 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-007-0001-0

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