Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is presented with increased parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion due to hyperfunctioning of one or more of the four parathyroid glands. Primary hyperparathyroidism (p-HPT) can be due to parathyroid adenoma, hyperplasia or carcinoma of the parathyroid gland. Secondary hyperparathyroidism (s-HPT) is usually a response to hypocalcaemia and consecut...

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...

Ectopic intrathyroidal thymic tissue can form a mass lesion within the thyroid gland and has rarely been reported in children. We report a case of intrathyroidal thymus accompanied by an intrathyroidal parathyroid gland in a 29-year-old woman who visited our hospital due to right neck mass diagnosed as metastatic papillary carcinoma by aspiration cytology in an outside hospital. She had a histo...

UNLABELLED Incidental parathyroidectomy is a common event in thyroid surgery. The literature shows a finding of parathyroid glands ranging from 6.4% to 31% in pathological specimens of the thyroid gland. OBJECTIVE To collect the amount of parathyroid glands found in surgical specimens of thyroidectomy and correlate with the histopathological and demographic variables. METHODS Retrospective ...

Abstract Background A rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a parathyroid carcinoma. Hypercalcemia with an elevated hormone (PTH) level seen in recurrent and metastasis disease cases often refractory to medical therapy, thus surgical resection recommended when possible. We performed debulking surgery for pleural dissemination cancer improvement symptoms patient hypercalcemia. Case...