Giant Parathyroid Adenoma of the Posterior Mediastinum
Rokas Jagminas,
Jolanta Jocienė,
Vygantė Maskoliūnaitė,
Žymantas Jagelavičius
Affiliations
Rokas Jagminas
Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Jolanta Jocienė
Clinic of Chest Disease, Immunology and Allergology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Vygantė Maskoliūnaitė
Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Žymantas Jagelavičius
Clinic of Chest Disease, Immunology and Allergology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ectopic parathyroid adenoma is a rare pathology. We present a clinical case of a giant ectopic parathyroid adenoma (PA) in an unusual location, which brought significant diagnostical and therapeutical challenges. The tumour in the mediastinum was found incidentally on chest computed tomography (CT). A biopsy was conducted, and histological examination revealed a well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour. The tumour was excised via right thoracotomy. The final histological examination revealed a parathyroid adenoma, which was unexpected for our team. After three years of observation, there is no evidence of tumour recurrence.
