Robotic Excision of Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma
William Bolton, Jonathan Lokey, MD, James Stephenson, MD, Sharon Ben-Or, MD.
Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville, SC, USA.
OBJECTIVE: This is the case of a 60 year old woman who presented with primary hyperparathyroidism and an intrathoracic parathyroid adenoma.
METHODS: A robotic, no touch technique was employed to successfully excise the adenoma, which was intrapericardial along the ligamentum arteriosum.
RESULTS: The patient's parathyroid hormone levels and calcium levels normalized following successful resection of the adenoma.
CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first described case of a robotic excision of an intrapericardial parathyroid adenoma.
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