Hyperparathyroidism in pregnancy

The results of a literature search on the outcomes of pregnancies affected by primary hyperparathyroidism. This was conducted using search terms ‘hyperparathyroidism’ and ‘pregnancy’, ‘miscarriage’ and ‘abortion’ in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and ‘Google Scholar’ between 1998-September 2018. Inclusion criteria were; all papers reporting any case of pHPT in pregnancy and referring to their management and outcomes. Exclusion criteria were: non-English-language, treatment of the pHPT not reported and/or outcomes not reported. The primary outcome was miscarriage, spontaneous abortion or still birth at any time in the pregnancy.