Giant parathyroid carcinoma: Diagnostic, difficulties and therapeutic strategies: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Parathyroid carcinoma is a very aggressive malignant tumor. It is mostly revealed by clinical primary hyperparathyroidism.

Case presentation

We report a rare case of parathyroid carcinoma in a 61-year-old-male patient who presented with a painless right-sided cervical tumefaction of hard consistency associated with cervical lymphadenopathy. Cervical ultrasonography showed a right parathyroid mass with intimate contact with the homolateral thyroid lobe. A parathyroidectomy enlarged to the adjacent thyroid parenchyma with a selective neck dissection level VI was performed.

Clinical discussion

The clinical presentation is most often manifested with clinical features of primary hyperparathyroidism associating bone disorders. Surgery remains the treatment of c

SUBMITTER: Bouzayan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8517712 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature