Parathyroid carcinoma in a child: an unusual case of an ectopically located malignant parathyroid gland with tumor invading the thymus

Amy G Fiedler; Christopher Rossi; Cynthia A Gingalewski

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.024

Parathyroid carcinoma in a child: an unusual case of an ectopically located malignant parathyroid gland with tumor invading the thymus

J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Aug;44(8):1649-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.024.

Authors

Amy G Fiedler¹, Christopher Rossi, Cynthia A Gingalewski

Affiliation

¹ Children's National Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Washington, DC 20010, USA.

PMID: 19635322
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.024

Abstract

Parathyroid carcinoma is exceptionally rare in children. Parathyroid carcinoma in the pediatric population most typically presents with significant hypercalcemia and a palpable neck mass. The authors report the seventh case of parathyroid carcinoma diagnosed in a child younger than 16 years. To our knowledge, this case is the first documented case, in the pediatric population, of parathyroid carcinoma in an ectopically located parathyroid gland with tumor invading the thymus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Choristoma / diagnosis*
Choristoma / surgery*
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Diseases / surgery*
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Parathyroid Glands*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Parathyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
Thymus Gland / pathology*