A CASE REPORT OF RECURRENT SUPERIOR MEDIASTINAL ETOPIC PARATHYROID ADENOMA
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Abstract
Parathyroid adenoma is a rare case. We report a case of recurrent, ectopic parathyroid adenoma in the mediastinum. A 54 - year- old female, was diagnosis the left inferiorparathyroid gland, and she had surgery to remove this gland. However, after 3-month follow-up, concentration of PTH and calciemia concentrationremained high, and the patient was performed with ultrasound and computed tomography to identify a tumor located behind the left subclavian artery. Endoscopic thoracoscopic surgery discoved a tumor, size 2x2x3.5cm, pathology is parathyroid adenoma.Intraoperative PTH concentration decreased more than 50%. PTH andcalciemia concentration returned to normal after 6 days.
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Recurrentparathyroid adenoma, Etopic parathyroid adenoma
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