PMC6541976_01
Preoperative localization via Met-PET/CT showed an intense uptake left lateral to the thyroid lobe and in the posterior mediastinum.
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Preoperative localization via Met-PET/CT showed a MGD with two areas suspected to be enlarged parathyroid glands (left lateral to the thyroid lobe and posterior mediastinum; Figure 1).
Extirpation of the left upper parathyroid gland and left thoracotomy with enlarged mediastinal parathyroid adenoma.
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An enlarged left upper parathyroid gland (weight: 7.6 g, size: 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm) was extirpated, and a left caudal parathyroid gland was intraoperatively found to be normal in size (Figure 2). Three months later, a right thoracotomy was performed, and an enlarged parathyroid gland was extirpated from the posterior mediastinum (weight: 10.2 g size: 5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm; Figure 2).