• Department of General Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, Beijing 100096, China;
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Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment features of parathyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods The clinical data of 7 cases of parathyroid carcinoma treated from January 1993 to April 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. Results All of the 7 patients had symptoms of hyperparathyroidism. Four patients had palpable neck mass. The average serum calcium level of preoperation was 3.07 mmol/L (2.35-4.98 mmol/L). The average parathyroid hormone (PTH) level was 1 181.5 pg/mL (78.4-2 061.7 pg/mL), which elevated 17 times the upper limit of normal. One case had operation in other hospital and six cases in Jishuitan hospital. The tumors located in the left inferior parathyroid gland in 3 cases, 2 cases of right lower parathyroid, and right superior parathyroid gland in 1 cases. One case underwent parathyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy including ipsilateral thyroid lobe or part of it was performed in 5 cases. Of 5 cases, 1 case was added central compartment lymphadenectomy. Three cases of postoperative tumor recurrence underwent reoperation, of which 1 case recurred 3 times. Two cases died. The remining 5 had survived until now, had survived for 5 years in 3 cases. Conclusions A comprehensive approach with clinical presentation, serum calcium and PTH levels, B-ultrasonography, 99Tcm-MIBI, intraoperation aberrant findings, and histopathology offers help to accurate diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma. Surgery is en bloc resection of the primary lesion. Recurrence needs reoperation, and long-term follow-up is advised.

Citation: HULin, CUIAi-min, BAINan, ZHAOJing-ming, ZHANGZi-qin. Diagnosis and Treatment of Parathyroid Carcinoma: A Report of 7 Cases. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2015, 22(1): 76-80. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20150018 Copy

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