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Fat-suppression magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas
A R Wright1, P R Goddard, S Nicholson
1Bristol MRI Centre, Frenchay Hospital.
Abstract:
Prospective localization of parathyroid adenomas was attempted in 16 patients with hyperparathyroidism prior to surgery. All patients had magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) sequences and a fat-suppression sequence, the short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence. Correlation with the results of surgery yielded an overall sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 94%. Performance was good in patients with previous surgery and with ectopic tumours. We believe that fat-suppression MRI is a valuable technique in the preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas in patients with hyperparathyroidism.
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