title: Parathyroid carcinoma radiographically mimicking a carotid body tumour.
abstract: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare malignancy and is a cause of primary hyperparathyroidism in less than 1% of cases. The authors present a case in which a lesion, radiologically suggestive of a carotid body tumour, but with the peroperative appearance of a vagal schwannoma had the definitive pathological diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma. Surgeons should be aware of unexpected malignant lesions involving the parathyroid glands.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Facial Specialties Department, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kanatas
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed