Main description:

For practitioners at all stages of experience, diseases of the parathyroid glands are not easily deciphered. There are many subtleties to its pathology and diagnosis. Today, the wealth of new information from molecular medicine makes it very challenging for the individual practitioner to have a complete picture of these entities. Diseases of the Parathyroid Glands addresses these issues by offering a concise, user-friendly text that provides state-of-the-art background on mineral physiology and its regulation and couples this to a variety of clinical topics of parathyroid gland pathology. Introductory chapters cover calcium regulation and parathyroid gland physiology, drawing upon many of the new aspects of glandular control mechanisms beyond the classical ones associated with calcium alone. The majority of the text covers clinical problems. Although most chapters address problems in adult medicine, three separate chapters are devoted to pediatric problems of hyper- and hypoparathyroidsm and parathormone resistance states. In addition, there are several chapters on less common but equally challenging problems such as parathyroid cancer, calciphylaxis, cystic lesions of the glands, and ectopic glandular disease. The final chapters detail the techniques of parathyroid gland imaging and surgical treatment. Practical and an invaluable addition to the literature, Diseases of the Parathyroid Glands is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in parathyroid disease.

Contents:

Table of Contents

1 Molecular Mechanisms of Parathyroid Hormone Synthesis - Tally Naveh-Many and Morris Nechama

2 Regulation of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism - Arthur D. Conigrave

3 Diagnosis and Treatment of the Patient with Abnormal Calcium - Elizabeth H. Holt

4 The Calcium-Sensing Receptor: Physiology and Pathophysiology - Friedhelm Raue and Christine Haag

5 New Concepts for Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism - Joachim Beige and Peter Lamesch

6 Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (Calciphylaxis) - Earl H. Rudolph and Edgar V. Lerma

7 Cystic Parathyroid Lesions - Jean-Francois Henry and Maurizio Iacobone

8 Parathyroid Cancer - Maurizio Iacobone and Jean-Francois Henry

9 Biochemistry, Physiology and Pathophysiology of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide - Bandana Chakravarti, Shailendra K. Dhar Dwivedi, Ambrish Mithal, and Naibedya Chattopadhyay

10 Ectopic Parathyroid Glands - Jean-Francois Henry and Maurizio Iacobone

11 Hyperparathyroidism in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia - Syeda S. Zaidi, James T. Broome, and Vipul T. Lakhani

12 Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia - Ogo I. Egbuna and Edward M. Brown

13 Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumor Syndrome - Andrew C. Calabria and Michael A. Levine

14 Hypoparathyroidism and Pseudohypoparathyroidism - Rajesh V. Thakker

15 Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Neonates and Children - Eric Mallet and Mireille Castanet

16 Hypoparathyroidism in Children - Anne Lienhardt-Roussie and Agnes Linglart

17 Parathormone Resistance in Children - Agnes Linglart and Eric Mallet

18 The Use of Ultrasonography in the Management of Parathyroid Diseases - Zvonimir L. Milas and Mira Milas

19 Imaging in Parathyroid Diseases - Donald R. Neumann and Joyce J. Shin

20 Parathyroid Surgery - Zvonimir L. Milas and Mira Milas