parathyroid glands
glandulae parathyroideae latin

Surgery may be needed to remove part or all of the parathyroid glands.

Occasionally, some individuals may have six, eight, or even more parathyroid glands.

The parathyroid glands help control calcium use and removal by the body.

The particular problem or disease process will determine how many of the parathyroid glands are removed.

Or, the extra hormones can come from enlarged parathyroid glands.

Parathyroid glands control the amount of calcium in the blood and within the bones.

Help find problems with certain glands, such as the parathyroid glands.

However, the remaining parathyroid glands may take hours to several weeks to return to their normal functioning levels.

Normal parathyroid glands are often difficult to see on ultrasound and cannot be felt during physical examination.

But abnormal parathyroid glands may be enlarged and easily seen by ultrasound.

Primary hyperparathyroidism results from a hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands themselves.

There are various conditions that can indicate the need for the removal or transplant of the parathyroid glands.

When the parathyroid glands do not produce enough hormone, the amount of calcium in the blood decreases.

Techniques he developed for the surgical treatment of diseased parathyroid glands remain in use today.

Though their names are similar, the thyroid and parathyroid glands are completely different.

Ultrasound also may be used to check the four parathyroid glands that lie behind or next to the thyroid.

See a picture of the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands .

Aurbach was the first researcher to produce a hormone produced by parathyroid glands.

The treatment of choice is surgical removal of three and one half parathyroid glands.

Look for enlarged parathyroid glands caused by disease.

Parathyroid glands in calcium regulation and human disease.

Check for problems with the parathyroid glands.

The parathyroid glands usually weigh between 25 mg and 40 mg in humans.

He or she then finds the parathyroid glands, determines their size, and removes any enlarged ones.

"We began to wonder whether the deletion was somehow influencing sox3 during early development so that the parathyroid glands didn't form," he said.