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[Pitfall in 201Tl-99mTc subtraction scintigraphy: a case of 99mTc-pertechnetate uptake in a parathyroid hyperplasia]
T Tachikawa1, S Matsumoto, A Naka
1Department of Urology, Saitama Chuo Hospital.
Kaku Igaku. the Japanese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
201Tl-99mTc subtraction scintigraphy has been recognized as a useful procedure in the preoperative localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands. We experienced a case which showed 99mTc-pertechnetate uptake in a parathyroid hyperplasia. This case warned us to focus a lot of attention on the detection for preoperative localization. There has been no such case reported in the previous Japanese literatures. Hypervascularity and thick fibrous capsule presumed explanation for a rare case of marked pertechnetate uptake into a parathyroid hyperplasia.