Parathyroid cyst: A rare benign mediastinal cyst

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.14057

Hakan Keskin, Şirin Akdeniz, Makbule Ergin, Sermin Tayfun, Abdullah Erdoğan

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.14057

Parathyroid cysts are extremely rare cystic formations in the mediastinum. Since the first described case, there have been approximately 150 cases reported in the English literature. Patients often present with symptoms related to compression of the adjacent tissues, while only 20 to 40% of cases have an evidence of hyperparathyroidism. For preliminary diagnosis, parathyroid scintigraphy can be helpful, although most cases are diagnosed by postoperative pathological analysis of surgical samples. The most optimal surgical procedure is total excision of the mass, where the surgical approach of choice can be either thoracotomy or median sternotomy according to the size and localization of the lesion. Herein, we report a 67-year-old male case of a mediastinal mass extending to the right hemithorax.

Keywords : Cyst; mediastinal; parathyroid

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