Mucin-producing parathyroid carcinoma

Bone, 13, pp. 7-10, (1992) Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.

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Mucin-Producing Parathyroid Carcinoma G. W. EDELSON,ls2

M. KLEEREKOPER,’

From the Bone & Mineral’ and Endocrine’ Divisions. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, U.S.A. Address for corresoondence 2799 WYGrand B&hard,

G. B. TALPOS,3 Department

R. ZARB0,4

and M. SAEED-UZ-ZAFAR2

of Inrernal Medicine and the Departments

and rearints: Michael Kleerekouer. M.D.. ’ ’ Detroit‘, MI 48202, U.S.A.

Abstract A 67-year-old white male presented with symptomatic hy percalcemia (15.6 mg/dl) in December 1989. He had undergone thyroidectomy for removal of a mucin-producing adenocarcinoma of the thyroid in 1%7, and after eight years of follow-up during which time no other neoplasms were detected, he was reported as a unique case of this syndrome. Mild hypercalcemia (