Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
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Patrick Tassone

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• Case Report
  Water Clear Cell Parathyroid Adenoma: Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Patrick Tassone, Seth Kaplan, Lawrence Kenyon, David Rosen and Edmund Pribitkin Patrick Tassone, Seth Kaplan, Lawrence Kenyon, David Rosen and Edmund Pribitkin
  
  Water clear cell parathyroid adenoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. In this rare disease entity, normal parathyroid tissue is replaced with growth of water-clear cells, instead of the chief cell hyperplasia associated with the majority of parathyroid adenomas. We present the case of a water clear cell parathyroid adenoma in a 54 year old woman with symptomatic hypercalcemia, as well as a review of the literature on this rare disease. This constitutes the 17th reported case of water clear cell parathyroid adenoma. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7948.1000160

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