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Parathyroid hyperplasia may be missed by double-phase Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy alone

E M Chen1, F S Mishkin

  • 1Department of Radiology, Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical center, Torrance, California 90509-2910, USA.

Summary

Double-phase technetium Tc-99m sestamibi imaging can detect parathyroid hyperplasia. Comparing parathyroid and thyroid images prevents misinterpretation due to similar MIBI washout rates.

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