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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">KJIM</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>Korean J Intern Med</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1226-3303</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2005-6648</issn>
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<publisher-name>The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3904/kjim.2012.092</article-id>
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<subject>Image of interest</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>Full-blown hyperparathyroidism</article-title>
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<name><surname>Bae</surname><given-names>Woo Kyun</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Chung</surname><given-names>Ik-Joo</given-names></name>
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Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, <country>Korea</country></aff>
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<corresp id="c1-kjim-2012-092">Correspondence to Woo Kyun Bae, M.D. Tel: +82-61-379-7623 Fax: +82-61-379-8019 E-mail: <email>drwookyun@jnu.ac.kr</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>11</month>
<year>2018</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>24</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2017</year></pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<fpage>1258</fpage>
<lpage>1259</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>4</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2012</year></date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>14</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2017</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>18</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2017</year></date>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x000A9; 2017 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/</ext-link>) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions>
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<p>A 32-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a history of dyspnea, constipation, abdominal pain, and left-arm pain. His past history was significant for uncontrolled parathyroid carcinoma for 9 years. Radiographic findings included fracture of the left humerus, extensive osteolytic lesions of the humeri (arrowheads), calcification in the pancreas (black arrows), nephrolithiasis (white arrows), brown tumor in the right 8th rib, hypercalcemic cardiomyopathy, and rugger- jersey spine (<xref rid="f1-kjim-2012-092" ref-type="fig">Figs. 1</xref> and <xref rid="f2-kjim-2012-092" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). The results of the initial laboratory tests were as follows: serum calcium 14.3 mg/dL (normal range, 8.4 to 10.2); ionized calcium 3.92 mEq/L (normal range, 2.2 to 2.6); and serum parathyroid hormone concentration 4,470 pg/mL (normal range, 9 to 55). The patient was treated with intravenous saline and zoledronic acid; however, his serum calcium concentration failed to return to normal levels. He was subsequently treated with cinacalcet, after which his serum calcium concentration steadily decreased to the normal range.</p>
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<fn fn-type="conflict"><p>No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.</p></fn>
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<label>Figure 1.</label><caption><p>Radiograph shows fracture of the left humerus, extensive osteolytic lesions of the humeri (arrowheads), calcification in the pancreas (black arrows), nephrolithiasis (white arrows), brown tumor in the right 8th rib, hypercalcemic cardiomyopathy, and rugger-jersey spine.</p></caption>
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<label>Figure 2.</label><caption><p>Radiograph shows (A) marked subperiosteal resorption and fracture of left humerus, (B) trabecular bone resportion, (C) subperiosteal bone resporption, (D) the presence of brown tumors, (E) rugger-jersey spine, and (F) calcification in kidney and pancreas.</p></caption>
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