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- Title
An Unusual Mass of Posterior Mediastinum: A Case of Retrotracheal Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting With Primary Hyperparathyroidism.
- Authors
Rabiou, Sani; Efared, Boubacar; Aminou, Sani; Harmouchi, Hicham; Sidibé, Kassim; Lakranbi, Marouane; Ouadnouni, Yassine; Smahi, Mohamed
- Abstract
Although parathyroid ectopy in the mediastinum has been the subject of several publications, its location in the posterior mediastinum is very rarely reported. We report a case of a 69-year-old patient who presented with clinical symptoms of malignant hypercalcemia due to a retrotracheal mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. The surgical excision leads to a quick normalisation of the phosphocalcic balance with improvement of the clinical symptoms. Ectopic hypersecreting parathyroid adenoma with life-threatening hypercalcemia should prompt radiological assessment and appropriate surgical management to prevent further clinical complications.
- Subjects
HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MEDIASTINAL tumors; PARATHYROID gland tumors; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory & Pulmonary Medicine, 2018, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1179-5484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179548418811840