RESEARCH ARTICLE

Total Recovery from Monoclonal Gammopathy and Autoimmune Phenomena After Parathyroidectomy

The Open Rheumatology Journal 25 July 2012 RESEARCH ARTICLE DOI: 10.2174/1874312901206010180

Abstract

Based on the observation of a patient with a causal relationship between hyperparathyroidism and development of both autoimmune disease and paraproteinemia, we hypothesize a novel cause of autoimmunity triggered in the context of hyperparathyroidism.

Keywords: Primary hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid adenoma, Sjögren’s syndrome, benign monoclonal gammopathy..
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