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PATHOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 48 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ Most patients with primary hyperparathyroidism harbor a parathyroid adenoma (see Chap. 58); usually, a single adenoma occurs in ˜80%…

ULTRASTRUCTURE Part of “CHAPTER 48 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ Electron microscopic studies of parathyroid cells have shown that the chief cells undergo morphologic change caused by the synthesis…

GROSS ANATOMY Part of “CHAPTER 48 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ In normal adults, the total weight (mean ± standard deviation) of all parathyroid tissue is 120 ± 3.5…

ANATOMY Part of “CHAPTER 48 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ Anatomic studies have attempted to enumerate and localize the parathyroid glands in normal human cadavers.1,2 and 3 Although 80%…

EMBRYOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 48 – MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS“ The parathyroid glands develop from the third and fourth pharyngeal (branchial) pouches (see Chap. 53, Fig. 53-4). The third…

MORPHOLOGY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS Virginia A. Livolsi EMBRYOLOGY ANATOMY GROSS ANATOMY HISTOLOGY Related posts: DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING TO THYROID HORMONE RESPONSE ELEMENTS DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION RADIATION AND THYROID CARCINOMA…

THYROID CANCER Part of “CHAPTER 47 – THYROID DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD“ Carcinoma of the thyroid gland in pediatric patients is rare.33 Its incidence has increased since 1951, when…

EVALUATION OF THE THYROID NODULE Part of “CHAPTER 47 – THYROID DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD“ Single or multiple nodules of the thyroid gland are an uncommon finding in pediatric…

GOITERS Part of “CHAPTER 47 – THYROID DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD“ Goiter in the pediatric patient is not rare. The incidence in school-age children and adolescents is between 3.9%…