Parathyroid carcinoma: Diagnostic criteria, classification, evaluation

Christine Do Cao; Sébastien Aubert; Clémentine Trinel; Marie-Françoise Odou; Michael Bayaram; Martine Patey

doi:10.1016/j.ando.2015.03.016

Parathyroid carcinoma: Diagnostic criteria, classification, evaluation

Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2015 May;76(2):165-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2015.03.016. Epub 2015 Apr 25.

Authors

Christine Do Cao¹, Sébastien Aubert², Clémentine Trinel³, Marie-Françoise Odou⁴, Michael Bayaram⁵, Martine Patey⁵

Affiliations

¹ Service d'endocrinologie et des maladies métaboliques, clinique endocrinologique Marc-Linquette, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Electronic address: christine.docao@chru-lille.fr.
² Institut de pathologie, centre de biologie pathologie génétique, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
³ Service d'endocrinologie et des maladies métaboliques, clinique endocrinologique Marc-Linquette, hôpital Claude-Huriez, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
⁴ Institut de biochimie et biologie moléculaire, pôle de biologie pathologie génétique, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
⁵ Department of pathology, CHU - HRD, avenue du Général-Koenig, 51092 Reims cedex, France.

PMID: 25916757
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2015.03.016

Abstract

Parathyroid carcinoma is a little-known cancer, difficult to diagnose. We focus this short review on the current diagnostic criteria, the classification and the evaluation tools for this cancer based on latest publications.

Keywords: Carcinome parathyroïdien; Classification; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Parathyroid carcinoma; Pathologie; Pathology; Presentation; Présentation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Parathyroid Neoplasms / complications
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
Parathyroid Neoplasms / therapy
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome