title: [A case of mediastinal parathyroid adenoma visible on standard pulmonary radiography (author's transl)].
abstract: Mediastinal adenomas form about 10 % of all parathyroid adenomas, and are only very rarely visualized in standard pulmonary radiograms. This was the case however in a 54-year-old woman with hyperparathyroidism, chronic renal insufficiency, and an anterosuperior mediastinal tumor. After surgical excision by sternotomy the mass was found to be a large parathyroid adenoma weighing 105 g and measuring 8 cm in diameter. The authors discuss the problems raised by mediastinal adenomas and review the cases reported in the published literature.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Adénome parathyroïdien médiastinal, à propos d'un cas, visible sur les radiographies pulmonaires standards.