A giant nonfunctioning parathyroid cyst |
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Authors: | G Matton |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Gent, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Summary A case of a giant nonfunctioning parathyroid cyst is presented. The diagnosis was missed preoperatively, due to unfamiliarity with this pathology. Functioning parathyroid cysts cause hyperparathyroidism and are easy to diagnose. Nonfunctioning parathyroid cysts produce only a mass in the neck, without other symptoms. From the literature it appears that they are seldom diagnosed preoperatively. However, aspiration of clear, colorless watery fluid should lead to a correct diagnosis. This case is interesting because of its rarity and of the giant size of the cyst. No evidence of a parathyroid cyst of these dimensions has been found in the literature. This case also proves that parathyroid cysts may recur after aspiration; thus aspiration is not always the definite treatment of these cysts.Paper presented at the Autumn Meeting of the Belgian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgery, Leuven, Belgium, November 4, 1989
Offprint requests to: Prof. G. Matton |
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Keywords: | Parathyroid cysts Parathyroid tumors Neck mass Head and neck tumors |
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