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British Journal of Radiology 74 (2001),905-907 © 2001 The British Institute of Radiology

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Ultrasound guided laser ablation of a parathyroid adenoma

F N Bennedbæk, MD, PhD1, S Karstrup, MD, Dr Med2 and L Hegedüs, MD, Dr Med1

1Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C and 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Roskilde Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

We present a case of primary hyperparathyroidism with severe hypercalcaemia, treated successfully with ultrasound (US) guided percutaneous interstitial laser photocoagulation (ILP) of a single parathyroid tumour. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ILP applied in primary hyperparathyroidism. US guided thermic tissue coagulation with ILP may be a non-surgical alternative in patients with symptomatic hypercalcaemia due to a parathyroid tumour when surgery is contraindicated.






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