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Two Techniques to Create Hypoparathyroid Mice: Parathyroidectomy Using GFP Glands and Diphtheria-Toxin-Mediated Parathyroid Ablation
Published on: March 14, 2017
Cystic parathyroid adenoma: Primary hyperparathyroidism without 99mTc-MIBI uptake
J R Oliver Guillén1, L de la Cueva Barrao2, J M Miguelena Bobadilla3
1Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Zaragoza, España.
Abstract:
Cystic parathyroid adenoma is a rare disease (<0.01% of all cervical masses) that associates primary hyperparathyroidism in 9% of cases. Parathyroid scintigraphy is essential for its diagnosis with uncommon false negative results. Hybrid SPECT/CT equipments allow a more accurate diagnosis. Functional cystic parathyroid adenomas are surgically treated. A case of a 64-year-old woman with diagnoses of hyperparathyroidism and a cystic parathyroid adenoma without uptake in scintigraphy is described.

