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Detection of metastatic parathyroid carcinoma with Tc-99m sestamibi imaging
S Al-Sobhi1, L H Ashari, S Ingemansson
1Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|January 16, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
To assess the use of Tc-99m sestamibi to localize recurrent and metastatic parathyroid carcinoma.
Methods:
A patient with a history of parathyroid carcinoma that was resected 6 months before had high serum calcium and high serum parathyroid hormone levels. Tc-99m sestamibi imaging was performed to localize the recurrence.
Results:
Tc-99 sestamibi imaging detected the recurrence and the metastatic lymph nodes. These findings were confirmed surgically and pathologically.
Conclusion:
Tc-99m sestamibi can be useful in diagnosing and localizing metastatic parathyroid carcinoma.