Excision of Mediastinal Parathyroid Gland Mediastinoscopy
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 76 (12) , 1496-1498
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198312000-00011
Abstract
Mediastinal parathyroid tissue continues to be a significant problem in patients with recurrent or persistent hypercalcemia after parathyroid surgery. In two such cases, we used mediastinoscopy to locate and remove mediastinal parathyroid glands, thus avoiding the morbidity of median sternotomy.Keywords
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