Acute airway compromise from a hemorrhagic posterior cervical-mediastinal mass: Rare presentation of a parathyroid adenoma.

Autor: Whitson BA; Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA;, Heckmann R, Manivel C, Anne Lassig A, D'Cunha J
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of thoracic disease [J Thorac Dis] 2011 Mar; Vol. 3 (1), pp. 68-70.
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.11.7
Abstrakt: Massive hemorrhage secondary to rupture of a parathyroid adenoma is exceedingly rare. We present the case of a hemorrhagic parathyroid adenoma resulting in airway compromise treated with surgical decompression.
Databáze: MEDLINE