[Parathyroid cyst associated with acute respiratory failure and jugular vein thrombosis].
Parathyroid cysts are much less common than other cystic lesions of the neck. The great majority of parathyroid cysts are endocrine non-functioning. Parathyroid cysts may become symptomatic because of hormonal activity or due to the size and pressure effects. This is a case history of a 43 year-old woman, who presented with dyspnea. A 9 + 8 + 6cm cervical-mediastinal parathyroid cyst causing dyspnea, dysphagia, respiratory failure and jugular vein thrombosis was found.
Gattas
Nasser
N
Internal Medicine B Department, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Solt
Ido
I
Loberant
Norman
N
Hazani
Elitsur
E
Rimon
David
D
D000208:Acute Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*