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Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare endocrine malignancy accounting for 1 to 5% of all cases of primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) [1, 2], with a higher incidence in the Japanese and Italian series [1, 3]. Usually men and women are equally affected, while in benign HPT the female/male ratio is >3 [4]; the age at diagnosis is approximately in the mid-40s or 50s [4], 10 years earlier than benign HPT [5].
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Favia, G., Iacobone, M. (2016). Parathyroid Carcinoma. In: Gasparri, G., Palestini, N., Camandona, M. (eds) Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5758-6_15
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