Parathyroid gland - Secondary parathyroid hyperplasia due to tuberous sclerosis

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Parathyroid gland

Hyperparathyroidism

Secondary parathyroid hyperplasia due to tuberous sclerosis

Reviewer: Monika Roychowdhury, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 17 February 2013, last major update January 2013
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Case reports
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● 49 year old man with two parathyroid glands with collections of large, eosinophilic ganglion-like endocrine cells (Am J Surg Pathol 2002;26:260)

Micro description
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● Large, eosinophilic ganglion-like endocrine cells, similar to subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, tubers and atypical angiomyolipoma

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