Nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma.
Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare clinical entity accounting for only 4 per cent of all cases of parathyroid neoplasia. Nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma is even rarer. Previously, virtually all patients with these lesions were treated for a nonspecific neck mass. However, in the present case, a preoperative diagnosis of nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma was made based on the technetium pertechnetate/thallium 201 subtraction scan. The authors report on the 14th case of nonfunctioning parathyroid carcinoma, a review of the literature, and guidelines for the preoperative and operative evaluation of neck masses suspected to be parathyroid carcinoma.
Klink
B K
BK
Department of Surgery, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Karulf
R E
RE
Maimon
W N
WN
Peoples
J B
JB
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m