Fig. 1From: Unusual presentations of functional parathyroid cysts: a case series and review of the literaturePatient 1. a Cervical computed tomography scan showing a paratracheal and paraesophageal cystic tumor with compression of the esophagus causing dysphagia (arrow). b Intraoperative view of the parathyroid cyst of patient 1 (panels 1 and 2). The cyst is located to the inferior thyroid artery and the laryngeal nerve. Right thyroid lobe is retracted to the left. Panels 3 and 4 Resected cyst with fine lining of parathyroid tissueBack to article page