Surgical Significance of Supernumerary Parathyroid Glands in Renal Hyperparathyroidism
| Autor: | Kazuharu Uchida, Akira Orihara, Yuji Tanaka, Masahiro Numano, Yoshihiro Tominaga, Hiroshi Takagi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male Reoperation Parathyroidectomy Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Thyroid Gland Thymus Gland Choristoma Transplantation Autologous Parathyroid Glands stomatognathic system Recurrence Renal Dialysis Mediastinal Diseases medicine Humans Supernumerary Lymphatic Diseases Aged Uremia Hyperparathyroidism Hyperplasia business.industry Thyroid Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Transplantation Forearm medicine.anatomical_structure Female Hyperparathyroidism Secondary Histopathology Secondary hyperparathyroidism business Neck |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Surgery. 22:1098-1103 |
| ISSN: | 1432-2323 0364-2313 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s002689900524 |
| Popis: | In secondary hyperparathyroidism (2HPT) fundamentally all parathyroid glands, including supernumerary glands, become hyperplastic, and stimulation of parathyroid glands continues after parathyroidectomy (PTx). Therefore supernumerary glands have special significance during surgery for 2HPT, whether persistent or recurrent HPT. In the present study 570 patients underwent initial total PTx with a forearm autograft. The frequency, type, location, histopathology, and clinical significance of the supernumerary glands were evaluated. At the initial operation 90 supernumerary glands were removed from 82 to 570 patients (14.4%); 12 patients (2.1%) required extirpation of supernumerary glands for persistent/recurrent HPT. Altogether 104 supernumerary glands were identified at operation in 94 of the 570 patients (16.5%). Among these 104 glands, 25 (24.0%) were of the rudimentary, or split, type and 79 (76.0%) of the proper type. Supernumerary glands were most frequently identified in the thymic tongue (53/104, 51.0%); 32 (60.4%) of these 53 glands were identified only microscopically. In 6 of the 570 cases (1.1%), reoperation was required for persistent HPT due to supernumerary glands located in the mediastinum, and 6 patients underwent neck reexploration for recurrence. Histopathologically, 61 of 104 (58.7%) supernumerary glands, including 36 glands recognized only microscopically, showed diffuse hyperplasia, and 43 (41.3%) displayed nodular hyperplasia. Residual small supernumerary glands with diffuse hyperplasia have the potential to be transformed to nodular hyperplasia during long-term hemodialysis. Therefore all parathyroid glands including supernumerary glands should, if possible, be removed at the initial operation. Routine removal of the thymic tongue and careful examination of the regions surrounding the lower poles of the thyroid, especially on the left side, are important steps in the surgical treatment. |
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