Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic parathyroid adenomas are detected 16% of patients operated for primary hyperparathyroidism and 22% of them may be located in the anterosuperior mediastinal region. Herein we present a rare case of primary hyperparathyroidism with severe long-term elevated parathormone (PTH) levels due to ectopic parathyroid adenoma in mediastinal region that was successfully treated by using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).Case report: A 38-y...