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. 2018 Nov 14;13:205. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0938-8

Table 3.

Main characteristics and treatments of PHPT in our series of MEN1 patients

PHPT Patients
n. (%)
Clinical presentation Surgery Pharmacological treatment
(Calcimimetic)
n. (%)
Symptomatic
n. (%)
Asymptomatic
n. (%)
No surgery
n. (%)
TPT
n. (%)
SPT
n. (%)
PPT
n. (%)
Total patients with PHPT 139 (95.87%) 54 (37.24%) 85 (58.62%) 40 (28.78%) 47 (33.81%)
- 43 with tissue autograft in the non-dominant forearm
- 4 without tissue autograft
17 (12.23%) 35 (25.18%) 26 (18.70%)
PHPT as first clinical manifestation 92 (63.45%) 43 (29.66%)
- 29 nephrocalcinosis (20%)
- 7 nephrocalcinosis and osteoporosis (4.83%)
- 5 osteoporosis (3.45%)
- 2 nephrocalcinosis and osteopenia (1.38%)
49 (33.79%) 23 (16.55%) 29 (20.86%)
- 28 with tissue autograft in the non-dominant forearm
- 1 without tissue autograft
12 (8.63%) 28 (20.14%) 16 (11.51%)
Index cases (probands) 85 (58.62%) 37 (25.52%)
- 26 nephrocalcinosis (17.93%)
- 5 nephrocalcinosis and osteoporosis (3.45%)
- 3 osteoporosis (2.07%)
- 2 osteopenia (1.38%)
- 1 nephrocalcinosis and osteopenia (0.69%)
48 (33.10%) 19 (13.67%) 33 (23.74%)
- 30 with tissue autograft in the non-dominant forearm
- 3 without tissue autograft
10 (7.19%) 23 (16.55%) 17 (12.23%)
Relatives 54 (37.24%) 16 (11.03%)
- 9 nephrocalcinosis (6.21%)
- 4 osteoporosis (2.76%)
- 2 nephrocalcinosis and osteoporosis (1.38%)
- 1 nephrocalcinosis and osteopenia (0.69%)
38 (26.21%) 21 (15.11%) 14 (10.07%)
- 13 with tissue autograft in the non-dominant forearm
- 1 without tissue autograft
7 (5.04%) 12 (8.63%) 9 (6.48%)

Footnotes: PHPT Primary hyperparathyroidism, N number, TPT Total parathyroidectomy (all four glands removed), SPT Subtotal parathyroidectomy (three glands and part of the forth gland removed), PPT Partial parathyroidectomy (three or less glands removed)

Percentages of clinical presentation were calculated with respect to MEN1 clinically affected patients (145). Percentages of surgery and pharmacological treatment were calculated with respect to PHPT affected patients (139)

Surgical interventions in Table 3 included only the first parathyroid surgery (14 PPTs and 2 SPTs required a second parathyroid intervention for recurrences: 10 TPTs, 2 SPTs and 4 PPTs)