Successful use of minocycline hydrochloride sclerotherapy to treat a functioning parathyroid cyst in a 76-year-old woman

Authors: Higashimoto, Yuji¹; Masahiro, Ohata²; Takuya, Iwata¹; Tadashi, Ishiguchi¹; Hiroya, Nakata¹; Hiroaki, Satou¹; Kouji, Itoh¹; Hisashi, Fujimoto¹; Hidekazu, Itoh¹

Source: Geriatrics and Gerontology International, Volume 3, Number 2, June 2003 , pp. 128-131(4)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract:

Parathyroid cysts (PC) are uncommon: only 230 cases have been reported. They can be functional or non-functional. The standard treatment consists of percutaneous aspiration of the cyst and surgical excision for recurrent lesions. An unusual case of a functioning PC was successfully treated with sclerotherapy using minocycline hydrochloride in a 76-year-old woman. Following this procedure, the patient has remained asymptomatic with no recurrence. This is the first report of the effective use of minocycline hydrochloride in sclerotherapy for a PC.

Keywords: hypercalcemic crisis; minocycline hydrochloride; parathyroid cyst; percutaneous aspiration; sclerotherapy

Document Type: Case report

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1444-1586.2003.00066.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital and 2: Kanda Hospital, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Publication date: 2003-06-01