Parathyroid adenoma historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anmol Pitliya, M.B.B.S. M.D.[2]

The oldest known case of hyperparathyroidism was found in a cadaver from a Early Neolithic cemetery in southwest Germany. In 1880, Ivar Sandström, a Swedish anatomist, described parathyroids in human following 50 autopsies. He found two parathyroid glands bilaterally in 43 out of 50 autopsies. In 1925, Felix Mandl, a viennese surgeon, was the first who performed parathyroidectomy to treat a patient suffering from osteitis fibrosa cystica.

• The oldest known case of hyperparathyroidism was found in a cadaver from a Early Neolithic cemetery in southwest Germany.^[1]
• In 1852, Sir Richard Owen, Hunterian Professor and Conservator of the Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons of England, described parathyroids in rhinoceros.^[2]
• In 1880, Ivar Sandström, a Swedish anatomist, described parathyroids in human following 50 autopsies. He found two parathyroid glands bilaterally in 43 out of 50 autopsies.^[3]
• In 1891, Friedrich van Rechlinghausen, a German pathologist described ‘osteitis fibrosa cystica‘ (the parathyroid cystic bone disease).^[3]

• In 1925, Felix Mandl, a viennese surgeon, was the first who performed parathyroidectomy to treat a patient suffering from osteitis fibrosa cystica.^[4]

• Garry Shandling, a famous comedian suffered from hyperparathyroidism.^[5]

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