Giant parathyroid adenoma and hungry bone syndrome in MEN1 syndrome: A case report

Radiol Case Rep. 2024 May 3;19(8):2959-2964. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2024.04.024. eCollection 2024 Aug.

Abstract

An 18-year-old male with multiple endocrine neoplasm type 1 (MEN1) syndrome presented with hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroidectomy was performed. Patient complained of bone pain afterwards, multiple imaging modalities revealed features of osteitis fibrosa cystica and biochemical profile showed features of hungry bone syndrome. Incidental suspicious pancreatic lesion was initially revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CT scan while MRI further characterized the possibility of insulinoma. Ultimately, the patient was diagnosed of MEN1 syndrome by genetic test. This case report demonstrates the utilization of various imaging modalities such as ultrasound, Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy, bone scintigraphy, CT, PET/CT and MRI, which leads to ultimately the diagnosis of MEN1 syndrome.

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; Giant parathyroid adenoma; Hungry bone syndrome; Multiple endocrine neoplasm type 1; Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy.

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