title: [Comparative analysis of the technics of preoperative localization of the parathyroid glands].
abstract: Parathyroid surgery needs an appropriate diagnosis and a preoperative localization. We conducted a prospective study to compare the efficacy of 4 different imaging modalities in 17 patients: thallium-technetium subtraction scintigraphy, ultrasonography, computed tomography and arteriography. The sensitivity was: scintigraphy 58%, echotomography 86%, Tc 92% and arteriography only 33%. Neck exploration confirmed the imaging results. We found 15 cases of adenomas (2 cases of double adenoma) and 1 case of hyperplasia; in 1 patient, no lesions were found. We conclude that the association of such techniques appears to be the optimal strategy in about 100% of the patients.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spivach
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perulli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemeth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pozzi-Mucelli
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Pozzi-Mucelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pozzi-Mucelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavalli
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Analisi comparativa delle tecniche di localizzazione pre-operatoria delle paratiroidi.