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[Parathyroid cyst of the anterior mediastinum]
V Thomas de Montpréville1, P Dartevelle, E Dulmet
1Service d'anatomie pathologique, Centre chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson.
Annales De Pathologie
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A mediastinal cyst measuring 6 cm was removed by manubriotomy in a 66-year-old woman. This patient had no clinical or biological evidence of hyperparathyroidism. The cyst was close to the thymus and compressed the innominate venous trunk. It contained a clear fluid. Normal parathyroid tissue was present in the capsular wall that was fibrous and partially calcified. This cysts are rare and their mediastinal localization is exceptional.