title: Thoracoscopic removal of a maternal mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenoma causing neonatal hypocalcemia: a case report.
abstract: Most parathyroid glands in hyperparathyroidism can be resected through a cervical approach. In approximately 2% of cases, the ectopic gland is in the mediastinum in a location that requires a thoracic approach. Advancement in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) techniques has decreased the need for sternotomy to successfully remove these ectopic glands. We describe a case involving a 29-year-old woman with hyperparathyroidism resulting from an ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma that caused neonatal hypocalcemia, which was removed through VATS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S Ibrahim
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Dinçer
authors.forename: Adalet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: H Volkan
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: M Zeki
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Günlüoglu
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049950:Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016896:Treatment Outcome