Table 1.

Characteristics of the three hypercalcaemic patients awaiting parathyroidectomy

Patient number	1	2	3
Age (years)	61 Years	43 Years	41 Years
Sex	Male	Female	Female
Location of the parathyroid adenoma	Right inferior	Right inferior	Left inferior
Weight of the adenoma on histologic examination	5 g	2 g	2 g
Time between diagnosis and surgery	25 Days	15 Days	45 Days
Intact parathyroid hormone (1–84) level (Architect intact PTH chemoluminescent assay, Abbott) (normal range 15–68 pg/ml)	680 pg/ml	156 pg/ml	158 pg/ml
Total serum calcium before cinacalcet (colorimetric complexometry; Roche Diagnostics) (normal range 2.15–2.55 mmol/l) (normal range 8.60–10.20 mg/dl)	3.09 mmol/l (12.36 mg/dl)	3.03 mmol/l (12.12 mg/dl)	3.00 mmol/l (12 mg/dl)
Total serum calcium on cinacalcet (after 1 week)	2.78 mmol/l (11.12 mg/dl)	2.41 mmol/l (9.64 mg/dl)	2.37 mmol/l (9.48 mg/dl)
Ionised calcium before cinacalcet (ES-NOVA-Mercury) (normal range 1.15–1.37 mmol/l)	1.62 mmol/l	1.59 mmol/l	1.51 mmol/l
Ionised calcium on cinacalcet	1.53 mmol/l	1.34 mmol/l	1.32 mmol/l