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Images of the enlarged right parathyroid gland. a: Cervical ultrasonography revealed hyperplasia of…
Fig. 1.
Images of the enlarged right parathyroid gland. a: Cervical ultrasonography revealed
hyperplasia of the right parathyroid measuring 22.3 mm and presenting as a low echoic
lesion in the posterior part of the right thyroid gland. b: Methoxy-2-isobutyl
isonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy showed a focus with MIBI accumulation in the right
parathyroid gland. c: Extracted right parathyroid gland weighing 1,860 mg. (d):
Hematoxylin and eosin staining showed the typical architecture of an adenoma.
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