A Mysterious Paratracheal Mass: Parathyroid Carcinoma.

Authors

Qian Zhang, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Khine S. Shan, University of Maryland Medical Center
Neethu Gopisetti, MD, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Thomas Yoon, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Iqra Iqbal, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-11-2020

Comments

This article is the author’s final published version in Cureus, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2020, Article number e9126.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9126. Copyright © Zhang et al.

Abstract

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. We detail a 60-years-old gentleman who was otherwise healthy presented to the hospital due to acute encephalopathy. He was subsequently found to have parathyroid carcinoma as the cause of the acute encephalopathy with impressive serum calcium and parathyroid hormone levels. The parathyroid carcinoma was later surgically resected with the diagnosis confirmed via pathology specimen. The patient was safely discharged from the hospital with recommendations of close routine outpatient followup.

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Recommended Citation

Zhang, Qian; Shan, Khine S.; Gopisetti, MD, Neethu; Yoon, Thomas; and Iqbal, Iqra, "A Mysterious Paratracheal Mass: Parathyroid Carcinoma." (2020). Abington Jefferson Health Papers. Paper 40.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/abingtonfp/40

PubMed ID

32789067

Language

English