title: Acute airway compromise from a hemorrhagic posterior cervical-mediastinal mass: Rare presentation of a parathyroid adenoma.
abstract: Massive hemorrhage secondary to rupture of a parathyroid adenoma is exceedingly rare. We present the case of a hemorrhagic parathyroid adenoma resulting in airway compromise treated with surgical decompression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA;
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Whitson
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heckmann
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manivel
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anne Lassig
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: D'Cunha