title: Thoracoscopic partial thymectomy for untraceable mediastinal parathyroid adenomas.
abstract: Despite accurate preoperative imaging, ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenomas can be difficult to find via a thoracic approach. Considering that - in most cases - these adenomas are intrathymic, it can be advisable to directly perform a partial thymectomy. We present the cases of three patients who were successfully cured using a thoracoscopic partial thymectomy.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Department, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Abdessalem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hentati
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gossot
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi