Mediastinal parathyroid cyst: treatment with thoracoscopic surgery--a case report

T Oyama; H Imoto; K Yasumoto; S Toyoshima; A Nagashima

doi:10.7888/juoeh.21.317

Mediastinal parathyroid cyst: treatment with thoracoscopic surgery--a case report

J UOEH. 1999 Dec 1;21(4):317-21. doi: 10.7888/juoeh.21.317.

Authors

T Oyama¹, H Imoto, K Yasumoto, S Toyoshima, A Nagashima

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery 2, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

PMID: 10629902
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.21.317

Abstract

Parathyroid cysts are rarely located in the mediastinum. This report describes a 45-year-old man with a mediastinal parathyroid cyst. Video-assisted thoracic surgery was successfully performed to remove the cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cysts / diagnosis
Cysts / pathology
Cysts / surgery*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis
Mediastinal Diseases / pathology
Mediastinal Diseases / surgery*
Middle Aged
Parathyroid Diseases / diagnosis
Parathyroid Diseases / pathology
Parathyroid Diseases / surgery*
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome