Ecchymoses may have been due to extracapsular haemorrhage from parathyroid adenoma

3 Parathyroid adenomas may be very vascular, and extracapsular rupture will cause neck pain with dysphagia and dysphonia due to a mass effect followed by ecchymoses in both subcutaneous and submucosal tissues as a result of the tracking of blood.

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Published inBMJ Vol. 315; no. 7109; p. 683
Main Authors Hellier, W P L, McCombe, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 13.09.1997
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Adenoma - complications
Dysphagia
Ecchymosis - etiology
Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage - complications
Humans
Letter
Letters
Neck
Parathyroid neoplasms
Parathyroid Neoplasms - complications
Thyroid gland
Tumors
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Summary:3 Parathyroid adenomas may be very vascular, and extracapsular rupture will cause neck pain with dysphagia and dysphonia due to a mass effect followed by ecchymoses in both subcutaneous and submucosal tissues as a result of the tracking of blood.
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ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.315.7109.683