Video-assisted mediastinoscopic resection of ectopic parathyroid adenoma.

Abstract

Hyperparathyroidism can induce fatal complications in long-term hemodialysis patients. Approximately 20% of patients with hyperparathyroidism have ectopic mediastinal parathyroid glands, and the locations of 2% require a median sternotomy or thoracotomy. A 68-year-old man with an ectopic parathyroid gland in the thymus, underwent total resection via a video-assisted mediastinoscopic approach, which provides a less invasive surgical approach.

• Authors: Yojiro Yutaka, Mitsugu Omasa, Kei Shikuma, Toshihiko Taki
• Journal: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann) Vol. 20 Issue 6 Pg. 731-3 (Dec 2012) ISSN: 1816-5370 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23284123 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Choristoma (surgery)
• Humans
• Lymphatic Diseases (surgery)
• Male
• Mediastinoscopy (methods)
• Parathyroid Neoplasms (surgery)
• Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
• Thymus Gland