title: Thoracoscopic resection of a giant mediastinal parathyroid cyst.
abstract: Parathyroid cysts are a rare situation, unusually in the mediastinum. The preoperative diagnosis could be more difficult in some atypical topographies and imaging characteristics in particular in case of huge mediastinal cyst. In the following years traditionally, in case of intrathoracic parathyroid cysts, sternotomy or thoracotomy have been the preferred approaches. We report a case of an older patient with a huge mediastinal parathyroid cyst removed successfully using videothoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Unit, S.Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, Bologna, Italy, dellamore76@libero.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Amore
authors.forename: Nizar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asadi
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bartalena
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bini
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy