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VARIOUS PARATHYROID PICTURES (Page 2) <<Back<

Otolaryngology Houston

Bechara Y. Ghorayeb, MD
8830 Long Point, Suite 806
Houston, Texas 77055
For appointments, call: 713 464 2614
This right inferior parathyroid adenoma was found in the upper mediastinum, behind the sternal notch..
A very large mediastinal parathyroid adenoma being "delivered" into the neck
A "collar" marke was placed at the level of the clavicles. The adenoma is definitely above the clavicles and sternal notch.
Large right inferior parathyroid adenoma, measuring 2 x 1.5 cm, was localized by sestamibi scan and readily visible in the neck  between the right lobe of the thyroid, the trachea and the clavicle.
Right parathyroid adenoma, requiring extensive dissection and mobilization of the right thyroid lobe