Excision of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma after coronary artery bypass surgery

Harold L Lazar; Elizabeth Oates; Robert M Beazley

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.016

Excision of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma after coronary artery bypass surgery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Sep;80(3):1105-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.016.

Authors

Harold L Lazar¹, Elizabeth Oates, Robert M Beazley

Affiliation

¹ Division of Radiology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. harold.lazar@bmc.org

PMID: 16122500
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.016

Abstract

In this report we describe the removal of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in a patient who had two previous coronary artery bypass graft procedures. The surgical approach and intraoperative localization of the adenoma under these unusual circumstances are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / complications
Adenoma / diagnosis
Adenoma / surgery*
Aged
Coronary Artery Bypass
Female
Humans
Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / complications
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Diseases / complications
Vascular Diseases / surgery