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PARATHYROID-GLAND-CANCER


originator: Clara
origination date: 08/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-THYROID-GLAND
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
ENDOCRINE-CANCER
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-SITES-
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-THYROID-GLAND
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
parathyroid gland cancerdefinition: rare cancer of the four small glands behind the thyroid gland in the lower mid-neck that regulate the balance of calcium and phosphorus in the body. Symptoms may include bone pain, formation of kidney stones, irregular heartbeat rhythm, and symptoms of hypercalcemia. The usual treatment is surgery or radiation therapy. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
cáncer de paratiroidesterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: atípico cáncer de las cuatro glándulas pequeñas situadas detrás del tiroides, en la parte inferior del cuello, que regulan el equilibrio del calcio y fósforo del organismo. Los síntomas de cáncer de paratiroides comprenden dolor de huesos, formación de cálculos renales, irregularidad del ritmo cardíaco y síntomas de hipercalcemia. El tratamiento común es la cirugía o radioterapia. (es)