PARATHYROID CYST OF THE ANTERIOR MEDIASTI NUM

Authors
DEMONTPREVILLE VT DARTEVELLE P DULMET E
Citation
Vt. Demontpreville et al., PARATHYROID CYST OF THE ANTERIOR MEDIASTI NUM, Annales de pathologie, 13(4), 1993, pp. 247-249
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Annales de pathologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
02426498
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
247 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0242-6498(1993)13:4<247:PCOTAM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A mediastinal cyst measuring 6 cm was removed by manubriotomy in a 66- year-old woman. This patient had no clinical or biological evidence of hyperparathyroidism. The cyst was close to the thymus and compressed the innominate venous trunk. It contained a clear fluid. Normal parath yroid tissue was present in the capsular wall that was fibrous and par tially calcified. This cysts are rare and their mediastinal localizati on is exceptional.