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Utility of (18)F-choline photon emission tomography/computed tomography in the diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma
Nishikant Avinash Damle1, Madhavi Tripathi1, Abhishek Behera1
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Recently, the role of (18)F-choline in the detection of parathyroid adenomas has been reported. At our institution, we are currently studying the role of this tracer in comparison to the standard methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile.(MIBI) scan with single photon emission tomography/computed tomography. Our initial results show that (18)F-choline is at least as good as 99mTc-MIBI scan. We present here a representative case of a 45-year-old woman with multiple skeletal lytic lesions and a high parathyroid hormone.(PTH) who underwent both these imaging techniques with concordant results, further confirmed by histopathology and postoperative fall in serum PTH levels.
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