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Preoperative appearance of the swollen left hip joint.
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The whole left leg was enormously swollen (Fig. 1).
Standard x-ray (a) and CT scan (b) of the left hip and proximal upper limb before and after subtotal parathyroidectomy (c).
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Computed tomography (CT) scans demonstrated amorphous and multilobulated calcified masses around the left hip join and in the region of the iliac muscle (Fig. 2a and b). X-ray of the left shoulder and left hip revealed reduced tumoral masses (Fig. 2c).
Standard x-ray of the left shoulder before (a) and after subtotal parathyroidectomy (b).
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Standard radiography of the left shoulder revealed tumoral masses similar to the ones described for the left hip joint (Fig. 3a). Peri-articular soft-tissue calcifications of the left shoulder were barely visible (Fig. 3b).
Intraoperative result: white and yellow chalky substance.
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During surgery a white and yellow chalky substance (Fig. 4) appeared.