%0 Journal Article
%T Nonfunctional parathyroid cyst: case report
%A Nardi
%A Carlos Eduardo Molinari
%A Silva
%A Ricardo Adriano Nasser Barbosa da
%A Serafim
%A Cynthia Maria Massarico
%A Dedivitis
%A Rog¨Śrio Aparecido
%J Sao Paulo Medical Journal
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1516-31802009000600012
%X context: parathyroid cysts are rare clinical and pathological entities, with less than 300 cases reported. the inferior parathyroid glands are most commonly involved, with left-side predominance. parathyroid cysts may be functional or nonfunctional, depending on their association with hypercalcemia. case report: a 25-year-old man presented a palpable asymptomatic left-side neck mass. ultrasound revealed a cystic structure contiguous with the left thyroid lobe. serum ionic calcium was normal. the patient underwent left thyroid lobectomy plus isthmectomy with excision of the cyst. the histological findings revealed a parathyroid cyst. parathyroid cysts typically present as asymptomatic neck masses, and surgical excision appears to be the treatment of choice.
%K parathyroid diseases
%K cysts
%K parathyroid glands
%K calcium
%K parathyroid hormone.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-31802009000600012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en