Primary hyperparathyroidism caused by enormous unilateral water-clear cell parathyroid hyperplasia

Abstract Background Parathyroid water-clear cell hyperplasia (WCCH) and water-clear cell adenoma (WCCA) are rare causes of primary hyperparathyroidism. The frequency of WCCH seems to be less than 1% of all primary hyperplasia. Case presentation We report a 53-year-old woman with a large unilateral w...

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Main Authors: Georgios Boutzios, Helen Sarlanis, Anna Kolindou, Antigoni Velidaki, Theodore Karatzas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0207-1