Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is a hormonal disorder that occurs when one or more of your four parathyroid glands become enlarged and overactive, causing them to produce excessive …

Symptoms of hyperparathyroidism are caused by inappropriately elevated blood calcium excreted from the bones into the blood stream in response to increased production of parathyroid …

A drug called Cinacalcet is approved for the treatment of secondary HPT caused by dialysis and primary HPT caused by parathyroid cancer. Cinacalcet has also been approved to manage …

Primary HPT is due to deficient regulation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) release in single or multiple parathyroid tumors with resulting increased PTH secretion and raised serum calcium …

Primary hyperparathyroidism or PHPT presents in many different ways. The most well known presentation is the classic or hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism. This is when both …

Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) was initially thought to be rare and always presenting with advanced renal and skeletal pathology. Nowadays, it is considered a common endocrine disorder with a …

Primary hyperparathyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder after diabetes and thyroid disease. It is also the number one cause of hypercalcaemia (raised serum calcium) in both the …