Parathyroid adenoma in pregnancy: A case report and systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common disorder of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroid adenoma (PA) in pregnancy is a relatively rare disease, whose diagnosis and treatment is a challenging task. The aim of the present study is to present a new case of parathyroid adenoma during pregnancy and to give a detailed account of all reported cases of parathyroid adenoma during pregnancy in the literature.

Study design

A bibliographic research was performed, and characteristics of parathyroid adenomas in pregnancy such as age, gestational week at diagnosis, ionized calcium levels, genetic testing result, symptomatology, radiological method of localization, treatment method, gestational week at operation, and maternal/fetal complications were recorded.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pliakos I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618884 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature