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SUBMITTER: Temmim L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2627811 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Temmim Labiba L Sinowatz Fred F Hussein Wiam I WI Al-Sanea Osama O El-Khodary Hady H
Diagnostic pathology 20081125
The chance of an intrathyroidal occurrence of a parathyroid gland is about 1-3%. Among the causes of hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid cases occur in less than 1% of patients. Here we present the case of a 63 year old Saudi female suffering from an intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma. The suspicion coming from the clinical investigations that the removed tumor tissue may be a parathyroid carcinoma could be confirmed by histology. Additionally non-radioactive in situ hybridization to localize mRN ...[more]