Primary Parathyroid Tumors of the Mediastinum

Primary mediastinal tumors. Part 1: tumors of the anterior mediastinum.

Primary anterior mediastinal neoplasms comprise a diverse group of tumors and account for 50% of all mediastinal masses. Thymomas are most common and can be locally invasive and associated with parathymic syndromes. Thymic carcinomas and thymic carcinoids are rare malignancies with a propensity for local invasion and distant metastases. Thymolipomas are benign thymic tumors. The mediastinal ger...

Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum

Sternal tumors are very rare and challenging. Secondary sternal tumors are more common than primary tumors. These tumors are usually refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and surgery is the best choice for their treatment. In this study, we reported the collected data of 15 patients with primary and secondary tumors of the sternum, histological type, as well as kind of resection and reco...

Primary Liposarcoma of the Mediastinum

Patient. A 62-year-old man presented with effort dyspnea, non-productive cough and weakness of 4 month duration. He had no findings on physical examination.Discussion. Chest X-ray revealed a large mass in the left anterior mediastinum. Computerized tomography of the chest showed a well-delineated homogeneous mediastinal mass with fat-equivalent density and a small pleural effusion. Fiberoptic b...

Vm104 Tumors of the Pleura and Mediastinum

Functional large parathyroid carcinoma extending into the superior mediastinum.

Mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma is very rare regardless of whether it is functioning, and it is sometimes problematic in both diagnosis and treatment. We herein report a case of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) associated with large parathyroid carcinoma extending into the superior mediastinum successfully removed by a transcervical approach, with a review of recent literature. A 61-year-old...