title: Case report on giant parathyroid adenoma with review of literature.
abstract: Symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism is still predominant form in developing countries. Sumit Shukla et al. (2008) Most of these lesions are usually less than 2 cm in diameter with serum calcium levels between 11 to 13 mg/dl. Our case had 3.9 × 2 × 1.7 cm non palpable right inferior parathyroid adenoma extending into superior mediastinum, serum calcium 17 mg/dl and vomiting as presenting symptom a case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sisodiya
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Sampath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Nagraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Palankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: B V
keywords: Hypercalcemia; Parathyroid adenoma; Superior mediastinum