Giant functioning parathyroid cyst presenting as a retrosternal goitre

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-304

  McKay, Gary D ^a,c   Ng, Thomas H ^a   Morgan, Gary J ^a   Chen, Roger C ^b  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyst; Hyperparathyroidism; Parathyroid disease; Parathyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPHAGIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947168309     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04037.x     Document Type: Article

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