title: Mediastinoscopic extirpation of mediastinal ectopic parathyroid gland.
abstract: We report a case of a 50-year-old man with hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure who underwent extirpation of a mediastinal ectopic parathyroid gland by a transcervical approach under mediastinoscopy. This procedure provides an excellent approach to the mediastinal ectopic parathyroid gland, and is less invasive than median sternotomy or thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands