parathyroid gland
noun
: any of usually four small endocrine glands that are adjacent to or embedded in the thyroid gland and produce parathyroid hormone
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At a hospital in Brussels in 2019, one patient was fully awake while surgeons removed two parathyroid glands from her throat, while an anesthesiologist asked her to imagine Thanksgiving dinner at home, candles flickering in a windowsill.
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Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the parathyroid glands start making too much parathyroid hormone in dialysis patients.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The four parathyroid glands sit on top of the thyroid and make a hormone called parathyroid hormone, commonly abbreviated as PTH and unrelated to thyroid hormone.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 June 2023
An imaging scan showed a hyperactive parathyroid gland.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
But the most common cause is an overactive parathyroid gland in a condition known as hyperparathyroidism.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
Doctors were able to schedule Bersten for a two-hour surgery to remove his left parathyroid gland the next day.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Apr. 2018
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Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the parathyroid glands start making too much parathyroid hormone in dialysis patients.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The parathyroid gland helps regulate calcium and phosphate, so these need to be checked.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
The four parathyroid glands sit on top of the thyroid and make a hormone called parathyroid hormone, commonly abbreviated as PTH and unrelated to thyroid hormone.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 June 2023
An imaging scan showed a hyperactive parathyroid gland.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
But the most common cause is an overactive parathyroid gland in a condition known as hyperparathyroidism.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
Doctors were able to schedule Bersten for a two-hour surgery to remove his left parathyroid gland the next day.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Apr. 2018
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