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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2014 Oct 16;156(6):1315–1325. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.004

Table 1. Clinical, biochemical and genetic data for cohort.

Benign Parathyroid
Disease
Parathyroid
Carcinoma
Entire Cohort
Gender
 Male/Female 7/3 3/3 10/6
Age at Diagnosis (years)
 Median 26.4 29.9 30.7
 Range 18-38 31-49 18-49
Signs/Symptoms at Presentation
 Psychiatric/Neurologic * 4/10 (40.0%) 3/6 (50%) 7/16 (43.8%)
 Fatigue 5/10 (50.0%) 1/6 (16.7%) 6/16 (37.5%)
 GastrointestinaI symptoms ** 2/10 (20.0%) 3/6 (50%) 5/16 (31.3%)
 Renal *** 2/10 (20.0%) 1/6 (16.7%) 3/16 (18.8%)
 Bony pain 3/10 (30.0%) 4/6 (66.7%) 3/16 (18.8%)
 Fractures 1/10 (10.0%) 1/6 (16.7%) 2/16 (12.5%)
 Neck mass 0/10 (0%) 1/6 (16.7%) 1/16 (6.3%)
Laboratory Findings
Average total calcium § 11.7 mg/dl 13.1 mg/dl 12.2 mg/dl
Intact PTH (benign parathyroid disease)? 212.6 pg/ml 356.5 pg/ml 236.6 pg/ml
Associated Pathology
 Uterine tumor 0/3 (0%) 2/3 (66.7%) 2/6 (33.3%)
 Renal lesions 0/10 (0%) 3/6 (50.0%) 3/16 (18.8%)
 Jaw tumor 0/10 (0%) 2/6 (12.5%) 2/16 (12.5%)
Genetics/Mutation Type
CDC73 (whole gene deletion) 3/10 (30.0%) 4/6 (66.7%) 7/16 (43.8%)
c.687_688dupAG (exon 7) 3/10 (30.0%) 2/6 (33.3%) 5/16 (31.3%)
 Y552 (exon 2) 2/10 (20.0%) 0/6 (0%) 2/16 (12.5%)
 R222X (exon 7) 1/10 (10.0%) 0/6 (0%) 1/16 (6.3%)
 R76X (exon 2) 1/10 (10.0%) 0/6 (0%) 1/16 (6.3%)
Post-operative Complications
 Hypoparathyroidism (permanent) 1/10 (10.0%) 1/6 (16.7%) 2/16 (12.5%)
 Permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury # 0/10 (0%) 0/10 (0%) 0/16 (0%)
 Hematoma 0/10 (0%) 0/10 (0%) 0/16 (0%)
Follow-Up (years)
 Median 2.3 7.4 3.7
 Range 0.05-13.4 0.04-11.4 0.05-13.4
*

Headaches, memory loss/changes, difficulty concentrating

**

Abdominal pain, constipation, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

***

Polyuria, nephrolithiasis

§

Total calcium reference range (8.5 – 10.2 mg/dl)

?

Intact PTH reference range (10 – 55 pg/ml)

At initial operation.

#

1 patient had RLN injury during the 2nd operation.