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CLINICAL PRESENTATION Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ Sometimes patients with osteomalacia have no symptoms, so that the diagnosis is not readily apparent early in the course of…

PATHOGENESIS Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ For mineralization to take place normally, newly formed osteoid must be normal both qualitatively and quantitatively, the concentrations of calcium and…

DEFINITION Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR…

OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS Norman H. Bell DEFINITION PATHOGENESIS Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING…

PARATHYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 62 – SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ Hyperparathyroidism caused by parathyroid carcinoma is rare; the reported incidence is from 0.5% to 4% (see Chap. 48…

IMMEDIATE VERSUS DELAYED AUTOGRAFTING Part of “CHAPTER 62 – SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ The decision to use immediate versus delayed autografting depends on the potential risk of graft loss…

PARATHYROID AUTOTRANSPLANTATION Part of “CHAPTER 62 – SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ Clinical circumstances in which parathyroid autotransplantation is useful include radical thyroid surgery with either unavoidable or inadvertent devascularization…

MEDIASTINAL EXPLORATION Part of “CHAPTER 62 – SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ The mediastinum is explored through either a cervical incision23 or a median sternotomy (see Fig. 62-4B). If the…