Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Transesophageal Biopsy of Parathyroid Adenoma

Parathyroid adenoma (PTA) causing hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcemia leading to pancreatitis is reported. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can help in the localization of PTA. We report a case of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy-proven PTA which is not reported in literature to our knowledge.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Avinash Bhat Balekuduru, P. S. Venkatesh Rao, Satyaprakash Bonthala Subbaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jde.JDE_2_17