Erschienen in:
01.09.2012
Water-Clear Parathyroid Adenoma: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review
verfasst von:
Shuting Bai, Virginia A. LiVolsi, Douglas L. Fraker, Zhanyong Bing
Erschienen in:
Endocrine Pathology
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Ausgabe 3/2012
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Excerpt
Water-clear cell parathyroid adenoma is very rare. Based on our institution database of parathyroid adenoma in 2010 and 2011, water-clear cell parathyroid adenoma is about 0.4 % of parathyroid adenomas in this period. Only ten cases have been reported in English literature [
1‐
10]. Water-clear cell adenoma consists of large polygonal cells with abundant clear cell cytoplasm; most of the patients presented as primary hyperparathyroidism. Water-clear cell adenoma can morphologically mimic numerous tumors composed of clear cells, especially metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. We reported here additional two cases of water-clear cell adenoma with review of the literature. …