[Echographic localization diagnosis of enlarged parathyroid glands].
The authors report on their own experience with the localization of enlarged parathyroid glands by sonography. In a study of 248 patients with hyperparathyroidism, they obtained a sensitivity of 57% and a specificity of 81%, with an overall accuracy of 74%. These results are discussed in detail.
Lorenz
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D
Institut für Radiologie und Pathophysiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg.
Zuna
I
I
Klein
M
M
Ziegler
R
R
Herfarth
C
C
van Kaick
G
G
D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000473:pathology*; D006984:Hypertrophy; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
Echographische Lokalisationsdiagnostik vergrösserter Nebenschilddrüsen.