Parathyroid hyperplasia
Treatment
Surgery is the preferred treatment. Usually 3 and 1/2 glands are removed. The remaining tissue may be implanted in the forearm so a doctor can easily operate on it if symptoms come back. This tissue will also help the body control calcium levels.
Prognosis (Expectations)
Increased calcium levels persist or return about 20% of the time after surgery.
Complications
Parathyroid hyperplasia causes about 15% of cases of hyperparathyroidism, which leads to an increase in blood calcium levels. Complications include increased calcium in the kidneys and osteitis fibrosa cystica. Patients may also have complications from the other endocrine tumors that are part of the multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes. See:MEN 1 andMEN 2A
Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your health care provider if you have any symptoms of hypercalcemia, or there is a family history of any of the MEN syndromes
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