title: Thoracoscopic findings of a small posterior mediastinal parathyroid adenoma.
abstract: We report herein the rare case of a posterior mediastinal parathyroid adenoma 8 mm in diameter, that was identified by both 99m-technetium-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy (Tc-MIBI) and high-resolution chest computed tomography (HRCT). Thoracoscopy clearly showed a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma which was successfully removed.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. tcvshun@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sohara
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted