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Incidental Metastatic Mediastinal Atypical Carcinoid In A Patient With Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Report., Zareen Kiran,, Asma Ahmed, Owais Rashid, Saira Fatima, Faizan Malik, Saulat H. Fatimi, Mubasher Ikram
Incidental Metastatic Mediastinal Atypical Carcinoid In A Patient With Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Report., Zareen Kiran,, Asma Ahmed, Owais Rashid, Saira Fatima, Faizan Malik, Saulat H. Fatimi, Mubasher Ikram
Department of Medicine
Background: Atypical carcinoid arising from the mediastinal tissue is a rare neuroendocrine tumor and an association with parathyroid adenoma is very unusual. We report an unusual case of atypical carcinoid of mediastinum with metastasis in a patient presenting with parathyroid adenoma, which is the first case to be reported from Pakistan.
Case presentation: A 51-year-old Pakistani man was seen in postoperative intensive care after right parathyroidectomy and mediastinal mass resection for the management of postoperative hypocalcaemia. He had a background history of dyspnea. Examination was unremarkable. Preoperative laboratory evaluation revealed a calcium level of 12.7 mg/dl, phosphate of 1.9 mg/dl, …