Ecchymoses may have been due to extracapsular haemorrhage from parathyroid adenoma

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 315; no. 7109; p. 683
• Main Authors: Hellier, W P L, McCombe, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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.