title: Parathyroid cysts: a clinical and radiological challenge.
abstract: Parathyroid cysts are rare causes of neck swelling accounting for 0.6% of thyroid and parathyroid lesions. They may be functional, resulting in the release of parathyroid hormone, or non-functional. Non-functional cysts may be cosmetically unacceptable or cause dysphagia, dyspnoea or recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as a result of compression. This article presents a young woman who was diagnosed with a thyroid cyst both on examination and imaging. However, the final histology confirmed this to be parathyroid in origin and this should be considered in the differential of such neck swellings.
authors.affiliation: ST6 in General Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend CF31 1RQ. jolene.witherspoon@wales.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Jolene
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witherspoon
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography