A large functioning parathyroid cyst in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.

A 62-year-old woman presented with a mass on the left side of the neck. Biochemical testing revealed primary hyperparathyroidism. Further, a prolactinoma was detected, and the patient's son and daughter also had primary hyperparathyroidism, indicating that the patient had multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). Neck ultrasonography revealed several cystic nodules (≤ 30 mm) that appeared to be adenomatous. After parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation, the largest cystic mass, in the left lower thyroid lobe, was pathologically diagnosed as a functioning parathyroid cyst, and all laboratory data returned to normal. On genetic analysis of blood, we found a novel single base insertion (duplication) in exon 10 codon 552 of the MEN1 gene (c1659dupT) that creates an early stop codon. This is the first case report of a parathyroid cyst resulting from parathyroid hyperplasia in a MEN1 patient.

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