Case report: Ultrasound misdiagnoses atypical parathyroid adenoma as malignant thyroid tumor

Yilin Hou; Lei Zhao; Jiayue Sun; Yun-Fei Zhang

doi:10.3389/fonc.2024.1375373

Frontiers in Oncology (May 2024)

Case report: Ultrasound misdiagnoses atypical parathyroid adenoma as malignant thyroid tumor

Yilin Hou,
Lei Zhao,
Jiayue Sun,
Yun-Fei Zhang

Affiliations

Yilin Hou: Department of Ultrasound, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Lei Zhao: Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Jiayue Sun: Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Yun-Fei Zhang: Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1375373
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14

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Atypical Parathyroid Adenoma (APA) is a type of tumor that lies somewhere between parathyroid adenoma and parathyroid carcinoma. It often affects adults over the age of 60, and the clinical symptoms are consistent with those of hyperparathyroidism. This condition has a low occurrence, and its ultrasonographic signs are strikingly similar to thyroid malignant tumors, making it easily misdiagnosed. As a result, a case of APA ultrasonography misdiagnosis admitted to our hospital was recorded in order to serve as a reference point for APA diagnosis.

Published in Frontiers in Oncology

ISSN: 2234-943X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/

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