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. 1996 Mar 25;158(13):1827-31.

[Preoperative scintigraphic localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands]

[Article in Danish]
T Zimmermann-Belsing  1 , C L Mollerup, A Rabøl, B K Schaadt, L H Christensen, M Blichert-Toft, U F Feldt-Rasmussen
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  • PMID: 8650758

[Preoperative scintigraphic localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands]

[Article in Danish]
T Zimmermann-Belsing et al. Ugeskr Laeger. .

Abstract

Preoperative identification of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands was performed by 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintigrams in 29 patients with hyperparathyroidism. Out of 30 histopathologically proven diseased parathyroid glands 21 were identified by scintigraphy. The diagnostic specificity (PVpos) was 88%. All diseased glands weighing more than 1200 mg were identified by scintigraphy including four glands in the mediastinum. 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintigraphy can identify the larger hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands with high reliability. The method was of great value in situations with ectopic abnormal parathyroid glands.

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