title: Excision of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma after coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: In this report we describe the removal of a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in a patient who had two previous coronary artery bypass graft procedures. The surgical approach and intraoperative localization of the adenoma under these unusual circumstances are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. harold.lazar@bmc.org
authors.forename: Harold L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oates
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Beazley
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery