ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2017
Nonfunctional double parathyroid carcinoma with incidental thyroid micropapillary carcinoma: a rare case.
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- Case Report and Systematic Review: Sarcomatoid Parathyroid Carcinoma-A Rare, Highly Malignant Subtype.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Pooled it
- Diagnosing the silent: the molecular landscape of non-functional parathyroid carcinoma.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2025Review
- Synchronous Multiple Parathyroid Carcinoma: A Challenging Diagnosis Influencing Optimal Primary Treatment-A Literature Review to Guide Clinical Decision-Making.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Incidental synchronous intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinomas and papillary thyroid microcarcinoma with compressive neck mass and primary hyperparathyroidism: case report and literature review.BMC endocrine disorders · 2024Review
- Diagnostic dilemma in a rare case of nonfunctional parathyroid carcinoma at a referral facility in Northern Tanzania.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Association of Parathyroid and Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas: A Narrative Up-To-Date Review of the Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Synchronous intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma and thyroid carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.BMC endocrine disorders · 2021Review
- An Unusual Simultaneous Existence of Parathyroid Carcinoma and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of Literature.Case reports in endocrinology · 2020Article
- Simultaneous presentation of parathyroid carcinoma, papillary thyroid cancer and ACTH-independent hypercortisolism due to benign cortical adenoma.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Parathyroid carcinomas are rare endocrine tumors which comprise 0.3-5.6% of all causes of hyperparathyroidism. 90% of them are hormonally active, while 10% of them may be non-functional. They mostly occur in a single parathyroid gland. Concurrent involvement of both parathyroid glands is quite rare. A 57-year-old male patient was admitted to emergency department with the complaint of dyspnea. Thorax tomography revealed a retrosternal mass. The mass was thoracoscopically excised by thoracic surgeons. Histopathological examination result of the mass was reported as parathyroid carcinoma. Parathyroid scintigraphy performed and focal activity increase in the lower pole of the left lobe. Parathyroid hormone level was 118 pg/ml and calcium level was measured as 11.4 mg/dl. The patient with these findings was operated and pathological examination of excised left lower parathyroid tissue was reported as carcinoma. In addition, micropapillary carcinoma was detected in left thyroid lobectomy specimen.Our case was also unusual in that double parathyroid carcinoma, which is a rare condition, was hormonally inactive. We aimed to present our case in the light of the literature due to its rare occurrence.
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