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Case Reports
. 2009 Oct;91(7):W1-3.
doi: 10.1308/147870809X401047.

Gamma probe radioguided parathyroid forearm surgery in recurrent hyperparathyroidism

R I Cutress  1 , C Manwaring-White, K Dixon, A Dhir, A I Skene
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Case Reports

Gamma probe radioguided parathyroid forearm surgery in recurrent hyperparathyroidism

R I Cutress et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2009 Oct.

Abstract

A case is described of a successful radioguided forearm graft parathyroidectomy. This is the first report of both pre-operative diagnostic and successful intra-operative localisation during a single procedure, of autologous transplanted parathyroid tissue.

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Figure 1
Sestamibi scan of left forearm 1 h prior to surgery. 99mTc-Sestamibi (707 MBq) was injected intravenously into the right antecubital fossa. The scan was performed 5 min following this with a gamma camera (Siemens Ecam). The image was acquired for 5 min using a 256 × 256 matrix LEHR collimator, with the left arm resting directly on the camera face. A 57Co-marker was used to identify the position of increased uptake due to the parathyroid in the forearm.
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