Preoperative Localization of a Parathyroid Adenoma With Tc-99m Sestamibi Imaging in a Patient With Concomitant Nontoxic Multinodular Goiter
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 20 (1) , 27-30
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199501000-00007
Abstract
Preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas is useful in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy. The authors report a patient with hyperparathyroidism and an associated nontoxic nodular goiter. Technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy localized and differentiated the parathyroid adenoma from the multinodular goiter. Excellent correlation was found between preoperative radionuclide imaging and surgical pathology. Technetium-99m sestamibi parathyroid imaging may be a simple and helpful test in the surgical management of parathyroid adenomas, particularly in patients with nontoxic multinodular goiter.Keywords
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