Intravagal parathyroid adenoma.
An extremely rare case of intravagal parathyroid adenoma is presented. The tumour caused fusiform swelling of the left vagus nerve was shelled out. Post-operatively the left recurrent nerve palsy was recovered in the two months. Serum calcium level returned to normal on the tenth day after the surgical operation without symptoms of hypocalcaemia.
Takimoto
T
T
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Okabe
Y
Y
Ito
M
M
Umeda
R
R
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve