Table 1 Literature review of published mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma cases
From: Mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Case | Age/sex | presenting symptoms | Calcium (mmol/L) | PTH (pg/ml) | size of tumor (cm) | radiological studies | surgical approach/ operation num | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 34/F | kidney stones, osteitis fibrosa cystica, recurrent acute pancreatitis | 4.7 | 3304 | 6 × 3.5 × 3 | US,CT,MIBI | transcervical surgery and median sternotomy/3 | Jiajue R et al [11] |
2 | 53/F | backache, multiple fractures, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and unexplained myocardial ischemia-like symptoms. | 3.7 | >1900 | 4 × 3 × 2.5 | US, MRI,MIBI | sternotomy/1 | Xin Y et al [12] |
3 | 53/M | fatigue, polyuria, night sweats and renal stones | 3.4 | 2630 | 5 × 3 × 3 | US,CT,MIBI | transthorascopic surgery/1 | Cao C et al [13] |
4 | 72/M | severe epigastric pain | 3.5 | 168 | 2 × 1.5 × 1 | US, MRI,MIBI | lower cervical collar incision/1 | Tseng CW et al [14] |
5 | 54/M | fatigue, ostealgia and myalgia | 6.2 | / | 4Â cm in diameter | / | NA | Peshev ZV et al [15] |
6 | 28/M | nausea, ostealgia, fatigue, edema | 5.83 | 2307 | 3.7 × 3.2 × 4.3 | CT, MIBI | thoracotomy/1 | Meng Z et al [16] |
7 | 23/M | recurrent fractures and osteoporosis | 3.58 | >2306 | 3.6 × 2.5 | US, CT,MIBI | median sternotomy/1 | Yong T et al [17] |
8 | 61/M | kidney stones | 1.9 | 1220 | 0.85 × 0.5 × 0.38 | CT, MIBI | neck collar incision/1 | Iwata T et al [18] |
9 | 10/boy | / | >3.75 | >3000 | 2 × 2 × 2.5 | US, MIBI | exploration of the neck/1 | Righi A et al [19] |
10 | 66/F | bone and joint pain | 2.83 | 124 | 3Â cm in diameter | US,CT,MIBI | median sternotomy/1 | Damadi A et al [20] |
11 | 84/F | Progressive dyspnea, severe osteoporosis with hip and vertebral fractures | 2.8 | 230 | / | CT,MR angiography | NA | Vazquez FJ et al [21] |
12 | 55/M | fatigue, weight loss, mild lumbar pain, severe uremia | 2.49 | 2807 | 2.7Â cm in diameter | CT, MIBI | no detailed information/2 | Tkaczyk M et al [22] |
13 | 27/M | skeletal symptoms | 2.96 | 1412 | / | CT, MIBI | exploration of the neck and median sternotomy/3 | Srouji IA et al [23] |
14 | 33/M | fatigue, decreased motivaton | 3.35 | 722 | 3 × 2 × 1 | CT, MIBI | exploration of the neck /1 | Chandran M et al [24] |
15 | 43/M | thirst, polyuria | 3.53 | / | Â | MIBI | no detailed information/2 | Yamashita K et al. [25] |
16 | 44/M | hematuria, flank pain | 4.14 | 964.81 | 5 × 5 × 2.5 | US, MIBI | exploration of the neck and median sternotomy/2 | Delaney SE et al [26] |
17 | 62/F | recurrent renal colic, thirst, vague abdominal pain, hoarseness | 3.62 | 275 | 3Â cm in diameter | CT | exploration of the neck and median sternotomy/2 | Kelly MD et al [27] |
18 | 47/M | shortness of breath, hoarseness, dysphagia | 4.38 | 6500 | / | CT | exploration of the neck and median sternotomy/1 | Putnam JB et al [28] |
19 | 57/F | marked osteopenia, fatigue | 4.06 | >3000 | 5Â cm in diameter | CT | exploration of the neck and sternotomy/2 | Kastan DJ et al [29] |
20 | 51/M | hoarseness, productive cough, dyspnea on exertion | / | / | a large mass (no exact value) | chest x-ray | no detailed information/1 | Murphy MN et al [30] |