Fine-needle aspiration washout in the diagnosis of cystic parathyroid adenoma

Anar Aliyev; Rashad Ismayilov; Jamal Musayev; Sabuhi Yusifov

doi:10.1136/bcr-2019-234084

Fine-needle aspiration washout in the diagnosis of cystic parathyroid adenoma

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 10;13(3):e234084. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-234084.

Authors

Anar Aliyev¹, Rashad Ismayilov², Jamal Musayev³, Sabuhi Yusifov⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Center of Oncology, Baku, Azerbaijan [email protected].
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Center of Oncology, Baku, Azerbaijan.
³ Department of Pathology, Baku Pathology Center, Baku, Azerbaijan.
⁴ Department of Endocrine Surgery, Scientific Center of Surgery named after M.A.Topchubashov, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Abstract

Cystic parathyroid adenomas are one of the rare causes of neck masses. Due to its rarity, it causes misdiagnosis and wrong treatments and has undesirable consequences. The measurement of parathyroid hormone in fine-needle aspiration washout fluid is a minimally invasive, safe method for the diagnosis of parathyroid cysts and seems to be more useful than Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) parathyroid single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT.

Keywords: endocrine system; endocrinology; radiology (diagnostics).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / diagnosis*
Adenoma / pathology
Adenoma / surgery
Biopsy, Fine-Needle / methods
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery