Parathyroid carcinoma

Parathyroid carcinoma

Infobox_Disease
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Caption =
DiseasesDB = 9628
ICD10 = C75.0
ICD9 = ICD9|9628
ICDO =
OMIM =
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = med
eMedicineTopic = 1754
MeshID = D010282

Parathyroid carcinoma is a potential cause of hyperparathyroidism.

It is very rare,cite journal |author=Lee JE |title=Predicting the presence of parathyroid carcinoma |journal=Ann. Surg. Oncol. |volume=12 |issue=7 |pages=513–4 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=15952075 |doi=10.1245/ASO.2005.03.904 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2005.03.904] and much less common than parathyroid adenoma.

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