Abstract
The diagnosis of parathyroid diseases is a complex and equivocal problem. Parathyroid gland pathologies are the third most common of all endocrine diseases. The incidence of primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in a particular country directly depends on whether social programs aimed at its early diagnosis are being implemented in that country. It ranges from 1:500 to 1:2,000 within the population depending on age and gender, with a ratio of men to women of 1:4. In Sweden, the implementation of careful examinations has resulted in a morbidity of 1:200 (Cristensson et al. 1976). At the same time, patients who are diagnosed early with primary HPT constitute less than 10% of all those with the actual morbidity. According to Kotova (2003), primary HPT is practically undiagnosed in many regions. In some cases, nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis, cholelithiasis, stomach or duodenal ulcers, or osteoporosis appear to be consequences of HPT rather than independent diseases.
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Kharchenko, V.P. et al. (2010). Ultrasound of the Parathyroid Glands. In: Ultrasound Diagnostics of Thyroid Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12387-0_11
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