Giant anterior mediastinal parathyroid adenoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Sep;37(9):889-91. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825ae8b6.

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes was admitted to our hospital presenting with generalized bone pains, hypercalcemia, and elevated parathyroid hormone level. Enhanced CT scan demonstrated a large soft tissue mass in the right anterior mediastinum. Tc-MIBI scintigraphy revealed the focal accumulation of radiotracer uptake in the anterior mediastinum. Tc-MIBI SPECT/CT imaging also corroborated the same finding. The patient underwent surgery to have a giant ectopic parathyroid adenoma (7 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm) removed. The patient has been observed for 2 years, with normal parathyroid hormone and calcium levels.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tumor Burden*