Carcinoma in a Mediastinal Fifth Parathyroid Gland
| Autor: | D. J. Kastan, K. A. Greenwald, S. R. Kottamasu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Mediastinum General Medicine medicine.disease Parathyroid Gland Carcinoma medicine.anatomical_structure Blood chemistry Sprained ankle medicine Carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Parathyroid gland Radiology business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Endocrine gland |
| Zdroj: | JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 257:1218 |
| ISSN: | 0098-7484 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jama.1987.03390090090030 |
| Popis: | COMMONLY four parathyroid glands are located in the neck. 1,2 The incidence of a fifth supernumery parathyroid gland has been reported to be between 2% and 6%. 1,2 Most reports of a hyperfunctioning supernumery parathyroid gland have been adenomas. 3-5 There have been only a few reports of parathyroid gland carcinoma occurring outside of the cervical region, 6-9 none of which were in a supernumery parathyroid gland. We believe this is the first report of a carcinoma occurring in a supernumery parathyroid gland. The patient is free of recurrence seven years after surgical excision. Report of a Case A 57-year-old woman was seen in the emergency department with a sprained ankle. Roentgenograms of the ankle revealed no evidence of skeletal trauma, but because of marked osteopenia, testing for serum calcium levels was performed, with values of greater than 15 mg/dL (>3.74 mmol/L). The patient's detailed history was normal, aside from |
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