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Parathyroid Glands

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Parathyroid glands are usually removed from patients with hypercalcemia. During the removal of these glands, the surgeon often needs help identifying parathyroid tissue, determining whether the parathyroid tissue is proliferative, and distinguishing between hyperplasia involving multiple glands and a neoplasm confined to a single gland. For the surgical pathologist, these issues translate into two simple questions that can be promptly addressed: (1) Is parathyroid tissue present? (2) How large is the parathyroid gland?

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Weinberg Cancer Building, Room 2242, 401 North Broadway, 21231-2410, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William H. Westra M.D. & Ralph H. Hruban M.D.

  2. Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 7000, 21205-2100, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Timothy H. Phelps M.S.

  3. Department of Pathology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, C6-Path, 98101, Seattle, WA, USA

    Christina Isacson M.D.

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Westra, W.H., Phelps, T.H., Hruban, R.H., Isacson, C. (2003). Parathyroid Glands. In: Surgical Pathology Dissection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21747-9_37

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