The aim of this thesis on primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) was to improve preoperative imaging, to evaluate the effect of parathyroidectomy on health-related quality of life, and to investigate parathyroid carcinoma and its incidence in Finland. PHPT is due to a parathyroid adenoma (in 80%), hyperplasia in two or more glands (15 20%) or, rarely, to parathyroid carcinoma. The only definitive treatment is an operation, which is indicated if surgical criteria are met. Preoperative imaging localizing the pathological gland(s) in the neck allows 70% of parathyroidectomies to be targeted. Otherwise, all four parathyroid glands are explored. In our retrospective study of 269 PHPT patients who have undergone primary operation, the planar 123iod...
Symptomatic hypertrophic breasts cause a health burden with physical and psychosocial morbidity. The...
Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect. Postoperativ...
Natural coniferous resins and other terpenic wood extracts have been raw materials for various produ...
Some manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are indolent and self-limiting, while ot...
Background Surgery is usually the primary treatment of Head and neck cancer (HNC). It causes sign...
Identification of genes predisposing to tumor syndromes has raised general awareness of tumorigenesi...
The first part of this thesis summarizes the current literature on small choroidal melanomas (CMs). ...
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited syndrome, which is character...
The presence of certain cancer-related genetic and epigenetic alterations in the tumor affect patien...
In the 1990 s and up until 2002, annual numbers of hysterectomies for benign disease in Finland exce...
Adult-type hypolactasia (primary lactose malabsorption, lactase non-persistence) is the most common ...
Myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. ...
Diagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSIs) and infective endocarditis (IE) remain a ch...
The prevalence of variegate porphyria (VP) (2.1:100 000, in 2006 n=108) was higher in Finland than e...
Introduction Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and they have become more common than...
Symptomatic hypertrophic breasts cause a health burden with physical and psychosocial morbidity. The...
Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect. Postoperativ...
Natural coniferous resins and other terpenic wood extracts have been raw materials for various produ...
Some manifestations of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are indolent and self-limiting, while ot...
Background Surgery is usually the primary treatment of Head and neck cancer (HNC). It causes sign...
Identification of genes predisposing to tumor syndromes has raised general awareness of tumorigenesi...
The first part of this thesis summarizes the current literature on small choroidal melanomas (CMs). ...
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited syndrome, which is character...
The presence of certain cancer-related genetic and epigenetic alterations in the tumor affect patien...
In the 1990 s and up until 2002, annual numbers of hysterectomies for benign disease in Finland exce...
Adult-type hypolactasia (primary lactose malabsorption, lactase non-persistence) is the most common ...
Myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. ...
Diagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSIs) and infective endocarditis (IE) remain a ch...
The prevalence of variegate porphyria (VP) (2.1:100 000, in 2006 n=108) was higher in Finland than e...
Introduction Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and they have become more common than...
Symptomatic hypertrophic breasts cause a health burden with physical and psychosocial morbidity. The...
Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect. Postoperativ...
Natural coniferous resins and other terpenic wood extracts have been raw materials for various produ...