Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

There are four parathyroid glands, and they are normally about the size and shape of a grain of rice. They're usually behind the thyroid. In rare cases, the parathyroid glands exist in your ...

Study highlights calcium-to-magnesium ratio as a superior biomarker for nephrolithiasis in primary hyperparathyroidism.

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a hereditary tumor syndrome characterized by tumors of the parathyroid glands, the pancreatic islets, the pituitary gland, the adrenal glands ...

If there is a residual mass after cyst aspiration it should be reaspirated. Clear, colorless fluid suggests a parathyroid cyst, whereas yellow fluid is more typical of a cyst of thyroid follicular ...

Raymon Grogan, James W. Suliburk, Feibi Zheng and their team, specialize in the treatment of tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. As board-certified, fellowship-trained endocrine ...

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH ... influenced by surgical manipulations during preparation of the affected glands, interindividual variability of the PTH half-life and modifications in ...

Parathyroid glands express both 25-hydroxylase and 1α-hydroxylase, which suggests that these enzymes might suppress parathyroid function by an autocrine mechanism. The risk of hypercalcemia with ...