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==Presentations=====Intraoperative consultation===Necessary components are:*'''Weight''' of the parathyroid gland or fragment thereof. For reference, 90% of normal parathyroid glands weight less than 100g, and 96% less than 160g.<ref name="YaoSinger2004">{{cite journal|last1=Yao|first1=Kathy|last2=Singer|first2=Frederick R.|last3=Roth|first3=Sanford I.|last4=Sassoon|first4=Aaron|last5=Ye|first5=Cynthia|last6=Giuliano|first6=Armando E.|title=Weight of Normal Parathyroid Glands in Patients with Parathyroid Adenomas|journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism|volume=89|issue=7|year=2004|pages=3208–3213|issn=0021-972X|doi=10.1210/jc.2003-031184}}</ref>*'''Presence of parathyroid tissue''' upon frozen section. ===Autopsy===
Optionally for a comprehensive autopsy, or where there is suspicion of parathyroid pathology, an effort is made to find the parathyroid glands, and inspect them for general or focal hyper-/neoplasia.
