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Robotic resection of a mediastinal parathyroid cyst

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Mediastinal parathyroid cysts (PC) are rare, benign lesions, reported in fewer than 150 cases worldwide. Although most are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on imaging, symptoms of dyspnea, dysphagia, hoarseness, palpitations, hypercalcemia, and innominate or jugular venous thrombosis have been reported. Sternotomy or thoracotomy has traditionally been the approach used to resect mediastinal PCs. We describe the first reported case of a robot-assisted resection of a mediastinal PC.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Pauline Go, Jenna Watson & Arthur Carlin

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Zhichun Lu

  3. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd, K-14, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    Zane Hammoud

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Go, P., Watson, J., Lu, Z. et al. Robotic resection of a mediastinal parathyroid cyst. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 65, 52–55 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-015-0587-y

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