1.5 T MRI, CT, ultrasonography and scintigraphy in hyperparathyroidism.
The enlarged parathyroid glands of twenty-four patients with primary, and 5 with tertiary, hyperparathyroidism were prospectively studied with MRI, CT, ultrasonography and subtraction scintigraphy prior to surgery. Sensitivities in a prospective study were 63, 60, 53 and 44% for the primary, and 71, 67, 44 and 11% for the tertiary, disease form. On MRI, diseased parathyroids showed the "typical" behaviour of tumours with high signal intensity on T2-weighted and low signal intensity in T1-weighted images. On CT, the lesions were hypodense and on US hypoechoic relative to the thyroid. Retrospective analysis of MRI and CT images yielded sensitivities of 87 and 85%, respectively.
von Schulthess
G K
GK
Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Weder
W
W
Goebel
N
N
Buchmann
P
P
Gadze
A
A
Augustiny
N
N
Largiadèr
F
F
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013793:Thallium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
C027549:thallium chloride; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013793:Thallium