Parathyroid cancer differential diagnosis
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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]
Overview
Parathyroid cancer must be differentiated from renal disease, immobility, and granulomatous diseases.
Differentiating Parathyroid cancer from other Diseases
- Granulomatous disease (tuberculosis, sarcoidosis)
- Renal disease
- Immobility
- Malignancy (esp. squamous cell carcinoma, plasmacytoma)
- Endocrine (primary hyperparathyroidism, tertiary hyperparathyroidism, familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH)).
- Drugs (thiazides)