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Parathyroid tumor
A parathyroid tumor is a condition in which a person has a abnormal growth on one or more of his parathyroid glands. A person has four parathyroid glands, attached to his thyroid gland at the front of the neck. Some parathyroid tumors are cancerous.
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it easy to feel a parathyroid tumor?
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What are the tests for parathyroid tumor?
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What are common parathyroid tumor symptoms?
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What are different ways to treat parathyroid tumor?
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A 34-year old asked:
Parathyroid tumor symptoms would be what kinds of things?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is it bad luck or bad genes that made me develop parathyroid tumor?
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A 45-year old female asked:
What blood levels would be abnormal and what are common symptoms of a parathyroid tumor?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Can parathyroid tumors/masses appear on US to be on/attached/contiguous w/the thyroid gland? How large can parathyroid masses grow? Are they benign?
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A 41-year old asked:
I have a lump in the r side of my neck. Is a parathyroid tumor a possibility?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is elevated pth but normal calcium most likely a parathyroid tumor?
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A 93-year old female asked:
for prognosis; parathyroid tumor? X-ray unremarkable. course of action) for 93 yr old African American female]. Sensipar doubled from 30mg to 60
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A 25-year old female asked:
25 year old woman, I have a possible parathyroid tumor; for the past 6 months I have been getting pain in my jaw which radiates down my throat to my chest, lasts 15 minutes. Scale 1-10, pain is a 8, sometimes 9. hurts to breathe, sit, stand or lay.
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A 25-year old asked:
What diseases can develop from a tumor in the parathyroid gland?
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A 52-year old female asked:
I had a tumor removed from my bottom left parathyroid gland. Now I am battling with trigger thumbs. Are they related?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I have primary hyperparathyroidism. My lipase and amylasec ranges from borderline high to x 6 u.L. Since 2006. The pancreatic polypeptide was x 3 u.L. In 2013. The CT wasnormal. Could I have neuroendocrine tumor or men-1?
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A 44-year old female asked:
My parathyroid hormone is 123 and calcium in blood is 11 is that tumer?
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A 57-year old female asked:
Hypoechoic structure in the right thyroid lobe fossa with minimal flow, measures 1.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm, Body pain,very fatigued. Parathyroid labs high 2 yrs ,calcium is normal. Could this be a parathyroid tumor ? Had partial thyroid removed 14 yrs ago?
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A female asked:
Ca12.0, h ionized ca, pth 350. Enlarged l thyroid lobe, parathyroid tumor. Malabsorption, bone pain. Trouble swallowing, strange sweet smell in nose?
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A 40-year old asked:
What happens if you had cancerous tumors around your jaw and neck?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Does a soft tissue neck MRI show esophagus tumors and what other areas does it show?
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A 41-year old male asked:
I have a pituitary tumor and i wanted does it cause neck and shoulder pain and loss of weight.
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A 51-year old female asked:
My identical twin sister is having a Malignant trichilemmal tumor removed from her neck Monday. Is this genetic, something I can develope? Thanks!
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A 43-year old female asked:
In your belief do you think that Tourette's can affect brain meningiomas due to the jerking of my head, neck and etc. curious if makes tumors worse?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have been neck and lower back xrays because of pain and some bloodtests. C3c4c5 disc narrowing and l4 l5s1. We also did some tumor marker as my family has a history with cancer and S100B came up H n 0.000 and 0.105 mine is 0.110?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are the effects of having a parathyriod tumor removed?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can neck x-rays show neck tumors?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is the lump in my neck a benign tumor?
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A 21-year old asked:
Can tumors on my neck cause me to have difficulty swallowing?
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A 43-year old male asked:
How do I know if a lump in my neck is a clogged gland or a tumor?
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A 31-year old asked:
Could a neck ultrasound of the throid pick up any other potential lymph node tumors?
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