NDT Advance Access originally published online on August 25, 2006
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(1):293-295; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl503
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Intrathyroidal supernumerary parathyroid gland in hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation
Email: fabiomonte@uol.com.br
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Sir,
Supernumerary parathyroid glands are more frequently described in secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) than in primary HPT cases. The presence of a supernumerary intrathyroidal gland is rare, but has important surgical implications. A 52-year-old female with membranous glomerulonephritis started haemodialysis in 1990. After 72 months she underwent a cadaveric renal transplantation. Three
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery
2Transplant Renal Unit
3Department Radiology and Nuclear Medicine the Hospital das Clinicas
University of Sao Paulo
Medical School
Sao Paulo
Brazil