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Parathyroid hyperplasia, thymic carcinoid and pituitary adenoma detected with technetium-99m-MIBI in MEN type I
J E Perez-Monte1, M L Brown, M R Clarke
1Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Abstract:
We report a case of a 57-yr-old woman with history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN I). A 99mTc-sestamibi scan demonstrated a hyperplastic parathyroid gland, a large anterior mediastinal mass and a pituitary adenoma during a study done to evaluate recurrent hyperparathyroidism. The importance of this case is that much of the nonparathyroid pathology in patients with MEN I syndrome may be detected with this one study.