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case_images: Sestamibi scan demonstrating increased uptake in the mediastinum.
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case_images: A sestamibi scan was repeated at this stage, revealing increased uptake of the tracer in the mediastinum (Fig. 1).
case_images: CT scan showing mass in the anterior mediastinum, below the angle of Louis.
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case_images: A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the neck and thorax identified a corresponding mass, a suspected parathyroid adenoma (Fig. 2).
case_images: Intra-operative images of the ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma from the DaVinci robot.
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case_images: The patient underwent transthoracic robotic parathyroidectomy, using the DaVinci robot, and a parathyroid adenoma was successfully identified and removed, while the phrenic nerve and adjacent structures were preserved fully (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).