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Establishment of a Simple and Effective Rat Model for Intraoperative Parathyroid Gland Imaging
Published on: August 17, 2022
[Scintigraphic preoperative localization of abnormal parathyroid gland]
Hatem Hammami1, Abdelaziz Bouguerba, Ali Sellem
1Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Militaire de Tunis, Tunis.
Unlabelled:
THE AIM of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of scintigraphic preoperative localization of abnormal parathyroid gland.
Methods:
25 patients with confirmed hyperparathyroidism undergone scintigraphic and ultrasound localization prior to surgery. Paratthyroid scintigraphy was done with thallium - techetium substraction and technetium-tetrofosmin dual phase techniques.
Results:
scintigraphic sensitivity and specificity was 83% and 100%. In primary hyperparathyroidism the sensitivity was 91% vs 75% in secondary one. Multinodular goiter affected sensitivity (72%). Ultrasound had an overall sensitivity of 66 % and a specificity of 100%.
Conclusion:
parathyroid scintigraphy is non invasive, accurate and costeffective in localizing abnormal parathyroid gland especialy adenoma.
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