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Varvara Valotassiou1,2, Marianna Vlychou3,4, Sotiria Alexiou2
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Abstract:
Parathyroid ectopia may occur in various anatomical regions and is caused by abnormal embryological migration of the parathyroid glands. Ectopic parathyroid adenomas account for 6%-16% of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. We present the case of a mediastinal ectopic adenoma detected on myocardial perfusion imaging with 99m Technetium (99mTc)-tetrofosmin in a 64-year-old patient. Incidental extracardiac 99mTc-tetrofosmin uptake in mediastinal ectopic parathyroid adenomas has been rarely reported in the literature. Our case is rare as it represents a small proportion of all ectopic parathyroid adenomas.
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