title: Comparison between thallium-technetium subtraction scan and other imaging modalities in the preoperative localization of abnormal parathyroid glands.
abstract: A total of 15 patients who underwent total neck exploration for hyperparathyroidism were studied with four different imaging modalities: (a) Tl-201/Tc-99m subtraction scan (SS), (b) ultrasonography (US), (c) computed tomography (CT) and (d) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Accuracy for locating enlarged parathyroid(s) was 60.0% by SS, 60.0% by US, 33.3% by CT and 71.4% by MRI. Our results suggested that at present none of the imaging modalities was adequate on its own to locate all enlarged parathyroid gland(s) in patients with hyperparathyroidism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Vaterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium