Table 1 Characteristics of patients with hyperthyroidism in whom mediastinal lesions and surgical approach, pathology, clinical outcome
From: Surgical treatment for mediastinal parathyroid adenoma causing primary hyperparathyroidism
Case | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 57 | 72 | 74 | 55 |
Gender | women | women | women | women |
Chief complaint | nephrolithiasis | listlessness | listlessness | abdominal pain feel nausea |
Serum calcium level (mg/dl) | 11.1 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 11.9 |
intact-PTH (pg/dl) | 126 | 353 | 586 | 154 |
Location | anterior mediastinum | anterior mediastinum | anterior mediastinum | anterior mediastinum |
Surgical approach | Total sternotomy | Total sternotomy | Total sternotomy | Partial sternotomy |
Pathology | adenoma | adenoma | adenoma | hyperplasia |
Post operative hyperthyroidism | cured | cured | cured | cured |