title: [Parathyroid cyst. Report of ten cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the characteristics of the parathyroid cysts (PC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients with PC were included in this retrospective study. The PC were discovered as follows: cervical mass (n = 3), hyperparathyroidism (n = 3), incidentally during thyroid surgery (n = 3) and screening for obesity (n = 1). Intracystic parathormone determination was performed after fine needle aspiration in 2 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean cyst measurements were 27 mm (ext: 5-70 mm) to 22 mm (5-45 mm). Nine cysts were cervical (resection by cervicotomy), and one was mediastinal (resection by sternotomy). In addition to the resection of the PC, 3 adenomas, 1 hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands and 3 benign thyroid diseases were recognized and treated during the cervicotomies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of PC is not common and must be based primarily on the study of the cyst liquid obtained by percutaneous puncture (intracystic parathormone measurement).
authors.affiliation: Clinique chirurgicale 1, hôpital G.R. Laënnec, 44093 Nantes, France. antoine.hamy@chu-nantes.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Heymann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Visset
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paineau
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Les kystes parathyroïdiens. A propos de dix observations.