title: Ultrasonic detection of parathyroid adenomas.
abstract: High-resolution real time sonography was used to evaluate patients with suspected primary hyperparathyroidism. A total of 12 consecutive patients was scanned pre-operatively. The sensitivity of the procedure was 92% and the specificity 97%. In our hospital sonography is the procedure of choice for localizing enlarged parathyroid glands prior to surgical exploration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murchison
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Logie
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munro
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography