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  • Title: Primary hyperparathyroidism revisited in menopausal women with serum calcium in the upper normal range at population-based screening 8 years ago.
    Author: Lundgren E, Hagström EG, Lundin J, Winnerbäck K, Roos J, Ljunghall S, Rastad J.
    Journal: World J Surg; 2002 Aug; 26(8):931-6. PubMed ID: 12045863.
    Abstract:
    Population-based screening showed 2.1% prevalence of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) in postmenopausal women. Individuals with total serum (s)-calcium levels of 2.55 mmol/L or more at screening were diagnosed with pHPT when subsequent analysis supported inappropriately elevated intact parathormone (PTH) levels in relation to even normal s-calcium levels. The arbitrary diagnostic criteria were validated by parathyroidectomy. Herein we reinvestigated biochemical signs of pHPT in women not diagnosed with pHPT due to s-calcium 2.50 to 2.54 mmol/L (group A, n = 160) at screening or due to appropriate PTH levels on two occasions after screening (group B, n = 70). Altogether, 99 women in group A and 47 in group B underwent reinvestigation 8.8 years after screening when they were 65 to 84 years old. The s-calcium levels averaged 2.56 mmol/L and had increased in group A (mean 0.04 mmol/L) and decreased in group B (mean 0.05 mmol/L). A total of 48 and 18 females (48%, 38%), respectively, met the previously validated criteria of pHPT. Altogether 21% of them were hypercalcemic (range 2.60-3.12 mmol/L). Subgroup analysis showed that PTH had not increased with time (n = 47) and that atherogenic blood lipids, but not glucose levels, were similar in pHPT patients and matched controls (n = 37). Assuming the existence of pHPT already at screening, the prevalence of pHPT could be adjusted to 3.4%. Even the most liberal diagnostic criteria utilized at pHPT screening seemed to underdiagnose the disease by inefficient cutoff limits for s-calcium and PTH. Because one-fifth of the women with pHPT progressed to hypercalcemia, long-term follow-up is advocated for those with s-calcium in the upper normal range.
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