title: Video-assisted mediastinoscopic resection of ectopic parathyroid adenoma.
abstract: Hyperparathyroidism can induce fatal complications in long-term hemodialysis patients. Approximately 20% of patients with hyperparathyroidism have ectopic mediastinal parathyroid glands, and the locations of 2% require a median sternotomy or thoracotomy. A 68-year-old man with an ectopic parathyroid gland in the thymus, underwent total resection via a video-assisted mediastinoscopic approach, which provides a less invasive surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Disease Center, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kitano Hospital Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yojiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yutaka
authors.forename: Mitsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omasa
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shikuma
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013950:Thymus Gland