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[Preoperative scintigraphic localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands]
T Zimmermann-Belsing1, C L Mollerup, A Rabøl
1Endokrinkirurgisk afdeling DP, Rigshospitalet, København.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|March 25, 1996
Abstract:
Preoperative identification of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands was performed by 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintigrams in 29 patients with hyperparathyroidism. Out of 30 histopathologically proven diseased parathyroid glands 21 were identified by scintigraphy. The diagnostic specificity (PVpos) was 88%. All diseased glands weighing more than 1200 mg were identified by scintigraphy including four glands in the mediastinum. 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintigraphy can identify the larger hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands with high reliability. The method was of great value in situations with ectopic abnormal parathyroid glands.