CT evaluation of parathyroid adenomas: diagnostic criteria and pitfalls
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J D Cates1, M K Thorsen, T L Lawson
1Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Medical Complex 53226.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Sixty-three patients with biochemically proven primary hyperparathyroidism underwent CT of the neck and upper chest prior to surgery. All examinations were prospectively evaluated. Parathyroid adenomas were correctly identified on CT in 81% of patients. Thyroid adenomas, tortuous vessels, the esophagus, and atypical parathyroid adenomas may be potential sources of error in the diagnosis of parathyroid adenomas.