%0 Journal Article
%T Intrathyroidal Parathyroid Carcinoma: Report of an Unusual Case and Review of the Literature
%A Lizette Vila Duckworth
%A William E. Winter
%A Mikhail Vaysberg
%A C¨¦sar A. Moran
%A Samer Z. Al-Quran
%J Case Reports in Pathology
%D 2013
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2013/198643
%X Intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma is an exceedingly rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. A 51-year-old African American female presented with goiter, hyperparathyroidism, and symptomatic hypercalcemia. Sestamibi scan revealed diffuse activity within an enlarged thyroid gland with uptake in the right thyroid lobe suggestive of hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue. The patient underwent thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy. At exploration, a 2.0£¿cm nodule in the usual location of the right inferior parathyroid was sent for intraoperative frozen consultation, which revealed only ectopic thyroid tissue. No parathyroid glands were identified grossly on the external aspect of the thyroid. Interestingly, postoperative parathyroid hormone levels normalized after removal of the thyroid gland. Examination of the thyroidectomy specimen revealed a 1.4£¿cm parathyroid nodule located within the parenchyma of the right superior thyroid, with capsular and vascular invasion and local infiltration into surrounding thyroid tissue. We present only the eighth reported case of intrathyroidal parathyroid carcinoma and review the literature. 1. Introduction Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare clinical entity comprising 0.5 to 2% of patients who present with primary hyperparathyroidism. Equally unusual is the presence of an intrathyroidal parathyroid gland (0.2%), which originates from aberrant migration of the parathyroid gland(s) from the third and fourth branchial pouches [1]. We report an unusual case of parathyroid carcinoma arising from intrathyroidal parathyroid tissue and review the related literature. 2. Case Report A 51-year-old African American female presented to our institution with thyromegaly and fatigue. Thyroid function tests were consistent with hypothyroidism. Thyroid ultrasound and radioactive uptake scan demonstrated diffuse goiter, with a dominant cold nodule (4.0 ¡Á 2.6 ¡Á 2.5£¿cm) in the inferior right thyroid lobe. The patient elected not to undergo biopsy and/or thyroidectomy at that time. A repeat radioactive uptake scan three years later again demonstrated diffuse goiter with a stable cold nodule in the right inferior thyroid lobe. Fine needle aspiration of this nodule was performed which yielded scant colloid and follicular cells in an occasional microfollicular pattern, indeterminate for a follicular neoplasm. Additionally, the patient was found to have elevated calcium levels in the range from 12.6 to 14.0£¿mg/dL (reference range 8.0¨C10.6£¿mg/dL), low phosphorous levels from 2.4 to 2.6£¿mg/dL (2.7¨C4.5£¿mg/dL), and markedly elevated intact parathyroid
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