Pan African Medical Journal
Journal / Pan African Medical Journal / Vol. 48 No. 1 (2024) / Articles

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Apr 8, 2025

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Parathyroid carcinoma surgery case report

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Vol. 48 No. 1 (2024)

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Moad El Mekkaoui

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Zainab Benyahia

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Hafsa Elouazzani

Laboratory of Anatomical Pathology, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Razika Bencheikh

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Anas Benbouzid

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Abdelilah Oujilal

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Nadia Cherradi

Laboratory of Anatomical Pathology, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Leila Essakalli

Ear, Nose, and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Hospital of Specialties, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Abstract

Parathyroid carcinoma is a very rare malignant tumour of the parathyroid gland, accounting for less than 0.005% of all cancers, and less than 1% of the aetiologies of primary hyperparathyroidism. This case report aims to describe the incidental discovery of a non-secreting parathyroid carcinoma in a left supraclavicular location and to report on the diagnostic difficulties encountered, together with a review of the literature and current management issues. A 43-year-old female presented with a left supraclavicular swelling with no associated signs. Imaging revealed left supra-clavicular adenopathy (Troisier lymph node) associated with a hetero-multi-nodular goiter classified EU-TIRADS 5. The abdominopelvic region was strictly normal. The patient underwent a total thyroidectomy with a left mediastino-recurrent curage and a homolateral laterocervical functional curage. Pathological examination was consistent with parathyroid carcinoma in the left supraclavicular region.

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