SURVIVAL OF A HOMOLOGOUS PARATHYROID IMPLANT IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT

Abstract A patient who had undergone subtotal Summary parathyroidectomy while on chronic haemodialysis became severely hypocalcaemic after receiving a well-functioning cadaveric renal graft. After a homologous parathyroid implant, there was a biochemical improvement in the patient, and at biopsy 6 months later the parathyroid graft was histologically normal. 21 months after the implant, serum calcium and phosphorus remain normal without calcium supplementation.