A Deceptive Preoperative Imaging of an Ectopic Supernumerary Parathyroid Adenoma in a Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Ectopic and supernumerary parathyroid glands in the neck is a real surgical challenge especially in multi-gland pathologies. We report a supernumerary ectopic gland at a rare site in the neck in a chronic kidney disease patient which required a re-exploration following a deceptively successful bilateral neck dissection.