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Thoracoscopic Findings of a Small Posterior Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan

For reprint information contact: Shunsuke Endo, MD Tel: 81 285 587 368 Fax: 81 285 446 271 Email: tcvshun{at}jichi.ac.jp, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.

We report herein the rare case of a posterior mediastinal parathyroid adenoma 8 mm in diameter, that was identified by both 99m-technetium-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy (Tc-MIBI) and high-resolution chest computed tomography (HRCT). Thoracoscopy clearly showed a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma which was successfully removed.