Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma Demonstrated by Pneumomediastinography
Authors: SOLOMON POSEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Brief Communication1 March 1964Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma Demonstrated by PneumomediastinographySOLOMON POSEN, M.B., M.R.A.C.P., JOHN S. CLUBB, M.B., B.S., FRANK C. NEALE, PH.D., F.R.I.C., WILLIAM S. C. HARE, M.D., M.R.A.C.P., F.F.R.SOLOMON POSEN, M.B., M.R.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN S. CLUBB, M.B., B.S.Search for more papers by this author, FRANK C. NEALE, PH.D., F.R.I.C.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM S. C. HARE, M.D., M.R.A.C.P., F.F.R.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-3-462 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVarious methods for the insufflation of gases into the anterior mediastinum as contrast media have been described (1). Some of these have been in use in Europe for many years (2). After the recent introduction of percutaneous pneumomediastinography into Australia (3), we decided to use this procedure in the preoperative localization of a suspected mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. This paper reports the successful demonstration of such a tumor by this method.CASE REPORTA 50-year-old French woolbuyer (S. H., 169571), had been in good health until ten years prior to admission. At that time loin pain and hematuria led to a...References1. BERNEIKINSSTRAEHLEYBUGDEN ASPMCJWF: Diagnostic carbon dioxide pneumomediastinography as an extension of scalene-lymph-node biopsy. New Eng. J. Med. 267: 225, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BARIETYCOURY MC: Le Mediastin et sa Pathologie. Masson, Paris, 1958. Google Scholar3. HAREMACKAY WSIR: Radiological assessment of thymic size in myasthenia gravis and systemic lupus erythematous. Lancet 1: 746, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. NORDINFRASER BER: Assessment of urinary phosphate excretion. Lancet 1: 947, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. HELLSTROMIVEMARK JBI: Primary hyperparathyroidism. Acta Chir. Scand. Supp. 294, 1962. Google Scholar6. COPEBARNESCASTLEMANMUELLERROTH OBABGCSI: Vicissitudes of parathyroid surgery. Ann. Surg. 154: 491, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. STEINERFRASERAIRD RERI: Operative parathyroid arteriography for location of parathyroid tumor. Brit. Med. J. 2: 400, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. CERNOCKHAVAPINSKER ZOP: The radiological diagnosis of adenomas of the parathyroid glands by pneumomediastinography and peristrumography. Cas. Lek. Cesk. 29: 919, 1960. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: SOLOMON POSEN, M.B., M.R.A.C.P.; JOHN S. CLUBB, M.B., B.S.; FRANK C. NEALE, PH.D., F.R.I.C.; WILLIAM S. C. HARE, M.D., M.R.A.C.P., F.F.R.Affiliations: From the Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Department of Biochemistry, Sydney Hospital, Sydney, Australia, and Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Solomon Posen, M.B., Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Management of Primary HyperparathyroidismPRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM EXPERIENCES WITH 60 PATIENTSMediastinal Tumors and CystsErkrankungen und Tumoren des MediastinumsAberrant parathyroid glands in relationship to the thymusHyperparathyroidism and its clinical effectsAcute Hyperparathyroidism: A Surgical EmergencyPheumomediastinography [ Summary ]MEDIASTINAL PARATHYROID ADENOMAPneumomediastinography and the Thymus 1 March 1964Volume 60, Issue 3Page: 462-464KeywordsAdenomasBiochemistryDiagnostic radiologyHospital medicineParathyroid tumors ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1964 PDF downloadLoading ...