A rare case of mediastinal functioning parathyroid adenoma removed successfully with thoracoscopy.

We report here a rare case of primary hyperparathyroidism that was associated with an ectopic parathyroid adenoma located in the mediastinum. A 66-year-old woman suffering from primary hyperparathyroidism had been followed-up on an outpatient basis for over 10 years. She suffered from persistent urolithiasis and osteopenia due to hypercalcemia. After technetium-99-sestamibi (99mTc-MIBI) scintigraphy revealed an ectopic adenoma in the superior mediastinum, thoracoscopic resection of the tumor was performed. Subsequently, her serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) level decreased dramatically and her serum calcium concentration was restored to normal. Two years following surgery, her serum PTH and Ca levels remain stable.

Prognostic factors after complete resection of pN2 non-small cell lung cancer.

OBJECTIVES: This retrospective, multicenter study aimed to determine prognostic factors of completely resected pathologic N2 stage IIIA non-small cell cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: From 25 participating hospitals, 496 patients (325 men and 171 women; median age, 65 years) who underwent complete resection without preoperative treatment for pT1-3 N2 M0, stage IIIA NSCLC between 2000 and 2004 were enrolled. Lobectomy/bilobectomy was performed in 462 patients and pneumonectomy in 34. Some kind of adjuvant chemotherapy was administered to 296 patients. Survivals were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and prognostic factors were determined using the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS: Five-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were 44.8% and 24.2%, respectively. pT classification (hazard ratio (HR), pT1/pT2/pT3 = 1/1.32/2.03), single or multiple N2 metastases (HR, single/multiple = 1/1.36), and skip or nonskip N2 metastasis (HR, skip/nonskip = 1/1.30) were found to be independent prognostic factors for DFS. Sex (HR, female/male = 1/1.36), performance status (HR, PS-0/PS-1 = 1/1.37), tumor diameter (HR, 1.12 per 1-cm increase), pT-factor (HR, pT1/pT2/pT3 = 1/1.37/2.22), and extent of N2 metastasis (HR, localized/extended = 1/1.39) were shown to be independent prognostic factors for OS. CONCLUSIONS: We found that pT classification was a significant prognostic indicator for OS and DFS whereas tumor diameter, performance status, and sex were ones for OS. Single N2 metastasis and skip N2 metastasis were demonstrated as favorable prognostic factors for DFS, limited N2 metastasis was one for OS, and these should be considered as stratification factors for trial on adjuvant therapy.