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- Title
Transcervical resection of two parathyroid adenomas located on the anterior mediastinum.
- Authors
Toktaş, Osman; İliklerden, Ümit; Yerlikaya, Baran; Kotan, Çetin; Batur, Abdussamet
- Abstract
The mediastinum is a possible location of ectopic parathyroid adenoma. Most ectopic parathyroid glands in the mediastinum are found in the superior mediastinum within the thymus. In this article, two cases with ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenomas that were excised via transcervical resection are presented. Preoperative examination of the two cases was performed. Laboratory tests supported hyperparathyroidism. For both patients, the results of radiologic and scintigraphic examinations of the cases were compatible with parathyroid adenoma masses in the anterior mediastinum. Transcervical resection was performed via suprasternal incision through the sternal notch and the posterior wall of the sternum space by blunt dissection with the finger. The soft lesions were removed en bloc in both cases. The parathyroid hormone levels of the two cases decreased dramatically after the operation. Transcervical resection may be an alternative method to major surgery in anterior mediastinal small masses.
- Subjects
PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PARATHYROID gland cancer; MEDIASTINUM diseases; ECTOPIC tissue; PARATHYROID hormone
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Surgery (Turkish Surgical Association), 2018, Vol 34, Issue 3, p247
- ISSN
2564-6850
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5152/turkjsurg.2017.3270