Superior Parathyroid Masquerading as Retropharyngeal Lymph Node.
Smriti PandaAlok ThakarAanchal KakkarRachit SoodPublished in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2024)
"High" undescended parathyroid gland as reported here along with 4 other cases of infratemporal fossa parathyroid glands reported previously, can be the cause for recurrent missed adenomas. Being extracervical in location, these are likely to be missed if the skull base has not been included in the preoperative Tc-99 sestamibi scan and also during bilateral neck exploration.