Examples of parathyroid gland

• A single, 2 mm hypoplastic parathyroid gland was identified microscopically in the thyroid gland capsule.

• Tests revealed that she had hyperparathyroidism, a rare disease in which a defective parathyroid gland allows dangerously high calcium levels (hypercalcaemia).

• It experiences especially high expression in the parathyroid gland.

• Parathyroid hormone is a protein made by the parathyroid gland under the control of serum calcium activity.

• This is dependent on several histologic features within the abnormal parathyroid gland itself.

• The calcium test can indicate or monitor bone diseases or diseases of the parathyroid gland or kidneys.

• The third pharyngeal pouch will give rise to the inferior parathyroid gland and thymus.

• Often, these localizing tests used to find the bad parathyroid gland are not successful in locating which parathyroid gland has become a tumor.