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Pseudohypoparathyroidism surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Surgical resection of enlarged parathyroid glands is usually reserved for patients that develop tertiary hyperparathyroidism in pseudohypoparathyroidism 1b. Rarely, excision of extraskeletal osteomas is done to relieve associated pressure symptoms in patients.
Surgery
Surgery
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism. [1]
- Surgical resection of enlarged parathyroid glands is usually reserved for patients that develop tertiary hyperparathyroidism in pseudohypoparathyroidism 1b.
- Rarely, excision of extraskeletal osteomas is done to relieve associated pressure symptoms in patients.
References
- ↑ Neary NM, El-Maouche D, Hopkins R, Libutti SK, Moses AM, Weinstein LS (2012). “Development and treatment of tertiary hyperparathyroidism in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1B”. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 97 (9): 3025–30. doi:10.1210/jc.2012-1655. PMC 3431579. PMID 22736772.
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