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Sestamibi scan did not demonstrate abnormal uptake; however, contrast-enhanced 4-dimensional computed tomography imaging reported 2 candidate lesions described as tubular shaped structures located posterior to the inferior pole of each thyroid lobe. Surgical exploration was performed and the surgical pathology reported hypercellular parathyroid tissue resected from the left inferior thyroid bed and benign thymic tissue with embedded hypercellular parathyroid tissue resected from the right inferior thyroid bed. Postoperative calcium levels normalized, and the patient remained eucalcemic at 1-year follow-up. 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