Parathyroid cancer historical perspective

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Discovery

• de Quevain described in 1904, parathyroid cancer in a person with non-functioning lesion.
• Parathyroid cancer was first described in 1933 by Sainton and Millot.

Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies

• The first successful removal of the parathyroid may have been carried out in 1928 by medical doctor Isaac Y Olch, whose intern had noticed elevated calcium levels in an elderly patient with muscle weakness. Prior to this surgery, patients with removed parathyroid glands typically died from muscular tetani.