Detecting Parathyroid Disease

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Guest: Mira Milas, MD

There are many new techniques to evaluate patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease. Dr. Mira Milas, associate professor at the Institute of Surgery, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, speaks about the use of ultrasound in thyroid disease detection. She also updates host Dr. Maurice Pickard on the development of a new test, TSHrmRNA, to augment intermediate FNA as well as to show if there is residual disease or recurrence. They also discuss osteoporosis found in some men with parathyroid disease.