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→Microscopic evaluation: weight
*'''Parathyroid hyperplasia''': Typically involves all 4 glands with diffuse enlargement.<ref name=MurroLin2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/parathyroidpthadenoma.html|title=Thyroid & parathyroid - Parathyroid nonmalignant - Parathyroid adenoma|author=Diana Murro Lin|website=Pathology Outlines}} Topic Completed: 27 October 2020. Minor changes: 2 June 2021.</ref>
*Parathyroid '''adenoma''': Typically nodular growth with compressed rim of normal tissue.<ref name=MurroLin2020/>
Either is indicated by a decreased amount of intra-gland adipose tissue, and increased weight. A weight of 35-160 mg is above average but not enough for a diagnosis in itself "enlarged" in the absence of other findings.<ref group=notes name=weight/>
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