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The pitfalls of technetium Tc 99m/thallium 201 parathyroid scanning
G S Voorman1, G H Petti, E Schulz
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA 92354.
Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Technetium Tc 99m/thallium 201 parathyroid scanning has been proved to be effective by multiple researchers. A review of 54 patients who underwent scanning and operations at an institution showed the scans to be accurate in 83%. There were 15% false-negative and 2% false-positive scans. The pitfalls of parathyroid scanning can be related to false-positives and false-negatives.