SMARCA4-Deficient Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Presenting with Fatal Paraneoplastic Hypercalcemia in a Heart Transplant Recipient: First Report in a Male Patient by Abbas Agaimy, Deike Strobel, Thomas Strecker

“…A 39-year-old male heart transplant recipient (HTX 40 months previously) presented with multiple liver nodules and hypercalcemic crisis. The serum parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrp) was significantly elevated (241 pg/ml; reference value < 57). …”
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Serum Analysis in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Controlled Cross-Sectional Study in Norway by Kordian Staniszewski, Henning Lygre, Trond Berge, Annika Rosén

“…We found that TMD patients had significantly higher values of hemoglobin (p=0.036), cobalamin (p=0.023), albumin (p=0.005), parathyroid hormone (PTH) (p=0.038), and vitamin D (p=0.005), and significantly lower values of creatinine (p=0.006) and potassium (p=0.011), compared to controls. …”
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Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy in Peritoneal Dialysis Populations by Nicholas New, Janaki Mohandas, George T. John, Sharad Ratanjee, Helen Healy, Leo Francis, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan

“…Current, multimodality treatment involves local wound care, well-controlled calcium, phosphate and parathyroid hormone levels and combination therapy with sodium thiosulfate and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. …”
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PPARγ Signaling Mediates the Evolution, Development, Homeostasis, and Repair of the Lung by Virender K. Rehan, John S. Torday

“…The final common pathway for all of these positively adaptive properties of the lung is the expression of epithelial parathyroid-hormone-related protein, and its binding to its receptor on the mesenchyme, inducing PPARγ expression by lipofibroblasts. …”
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A Rare Case of Functioning Adrenocortical Oncocytoma Presenting as Cushing Syndrome by Nicola Tartaglia, Pasquale Cianci, Amedeo Altamura, Vincenzo Lizzi, Fernanda Vovola, Alberto Fersini, Antonio Ambrosi, Vincenzo Neri

“…Generally, these tumors originate in the kidneys, thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary or pituitary glands; they have also been reported in other sites including choroid plexus, respiratory tract, and larynx. …”
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Spontaneous and Excellent Healing of Bilateral Brown Tumors in Mandible after Endocrinal Therapy and Subtotal Parathyroidectomy: Case Report with 4-Year Follow-Up by Turker Yucesoy, Erdem Kilic, Fatma Dogruel, Fahri Bayram, Alper Alkan, Alper Celal Akcan, Figen Ozturk

“…On the other hand, excision of a parathyroid adenoma can normalize the metabolic status. …”
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Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Single Center Study from Southern Pakistan by Sadia Sultan, Syed Mohammed Irfan, Syed Ijlal Ahmed

“…No correlation was found between indirect bilirubin and skeletal parameters, calcium and parathyroid hormone (P>0.05). Conclusions. Biochemical profile is significantly altered in patients with β-thalassemia major and bone associated biochemical abnormalities like hypocalcaemia, 25-OH vitamin D deficiency, and hypophosphatemia are not uncommon in Pakistani patients with thalassemia major.…”
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Changes in Testing and Treatment Methods in Osteoporosis Care by Takashi Nagai, Koji Ishikawa, Koki Tsuchiya, Soji Tani, Yusuke Dodo, Yusuke Oshita, Keizo Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Kawate, Yoshifumi Kudo

“…Regarding therapeutic agents, bisphosphonates decreased in usage, whereas parathyroid hormone and romosozumab witnessed an increase. …”
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The Effect of Paricalcitol on Vascular Calcification and Cardiovascular Disease in Uremia: Beyond PTH Control by Mario Cozzolino, Florjan Mehmeti, Paola Ciceri, Elisa Volpi, Andrea Stucchi, Irene Brenna, Daniele Cusi

“…Treatment with calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, reduces parathyroid hormone levels, but may result in elevations in serum calcium and phosphorus, increasing the risk of vascular calcification in dialysis patients. …”
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Clinical Use of Cinacalcet in MEN1 Hyperparathyroidism by V. J. Moyes, J. P. Monson, S. L. Chew, S. A. Akker

“…Cinacalcet, a calcimimetic agent licensed for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism and parathyroid carcinoma, may provide a medical alternative for the management of these complex patients. …”
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Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Older People: Surgical Treatment with Minimally Invasive Approaches and Outcome by Chiara Dobrinja, Marta Silvestri, Nicolò de Manzini

“…Our data show that minimally invasive approach to parathyroid surgery seems to be safe and curative also in elderly patients with few associated risks because of combination of modern preoperative imaging, advances in surgical technique, and advances in anesthesia care.…”
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The Association of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ia with Chiari Malformation Type I: A Coincidence or a Common Link? by Paria Kashani, Madan Roy, Linda Gillis, Olufemi Ajani, M. Constantine Samaan

“…He had hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and elevated Parathyroid Hormone levels. Genetic testing revealed a known mutation of GNAS gene, confirming the diagnosis of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type Ia (PHP-Ia) (c.34C>T (p.G1n12X)). …”
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Central Giant Cell Granuloma of Posterior Maxilla: First Expression of Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Deepanshu Gulati, Vishal Bansal, Prajesh Dubey, Sanjay Pandey, Abhinav Agrawal

“…Blood tests after histopathology demonstrated elevated serum calcium level and alkaline phosphatase level. Immunoassay of parathyroid hormone (PTH) level was found to be highly elevated. …”
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Phosphate-sensing mechanisms and functions of phosphate as a first messenger by Yuichi Takashi

“…Phosphate is involved in various effects, such as stimulation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) synthesis, vascular calcification, and renal dysfunction. …”
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Case report: Rare observation of thyroid-like cholangiocarcinoma by Ekaterina Bondarenko, Dmitriy Kalinin, Liliya Urusova, Dariya Pastukhova, Rustam Salimkhanov, Natalia Mokrysheva

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Improvement of Hypertension after Parathyroidectomy of Patients Suffering from Primary Hyperparathyroidism by P. D. Broulik, A. Brouliková, S. Adámek, P. Libanský, J. Tvrdoň, K. Broulikova, J. Kubinyi

“…We evaluated changes in serum calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), uric acid, and BP before and 6 months after surgery. …”
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Value of Biochemical Indexes of Bone Metabolism in Predicting Osteoporotic Lumbar Fractures by Fen Feng, CiLa Zhou, Ping Huang, QiaoLin Zhu, Gang Wang, Bin Zhou

“…To investigate the value of bone metabolism indexes such as type I procollagen N-terminal propeptide (P1NP), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), osteocalcin (OSTEOC), and parathyroid hormone (PTH) in predicting osteoporotic lumbar fractures. …”
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The Serum Level of Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Calcium-Phosphate Homeostasis in Obese Perimenopausal Women by M. Holecki, J. Chudek, A. Więcek, M. Titz-Bober, J. Duława

“…Plasma FGF-23 concentrations and its relationship with calcium-phosphate homeostasis were evaluated in 48 perimenopausal obese women and in 29 nonobese controls. Serum parathyroid hormone, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, CTX1, osteocalcin, total calcium, phosphorus, creatinine, and plasma intact FGF-23 concentrations were assessed. …”
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Higher serum Metrnl levels are associated with increased vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients by Conghui Liu, Wenwen Ren, Aihua Zhang

“…Multivariate logistic regression revealed that serum Metrnl, age, diabetes mellitus, serum total carbon dioxide (tCO2) and serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) were significant independent determinants of high AAC scores.Conclusion The results herein provide the first clinical evidence of the association between serum Metrnl and VC in HD patients. …”
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Black Tea May Be a Prospective Adjunct for Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Early Menopausal Bone Loss in a Rat Model of Osteoporosis by Asankur Sekhar Das, Maitrayee Banerjee, Dolan Das, Sandip Mukherjee, Chandan Mitra

“…Such BTE-mediated promotion of calcium absorption was coupled with increase in serum estrogen titer (P<0.01) and recovery of all urinary, bone, and serum osteoporotic marker parameters, including bone histological features. Serum parathyroid hormone level, however, was not altered in these animals (P>0.05). …”
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