title: Thallium-201-technetium-99m subtraction scanning: its value in 50 cases of hyperparathyroidism submitted to surgery.
abstract: Parathyroid surgery was performed on 50 patients following thallium-technetium subtraction scanning. Parathyroid adenomata were correctly localized in 34 (83%). Of eight patients with hyperplastic glands, 15 (75%) of these glands were correctly localized. There were seven (17%) false negative scans and one (2%) false positive result. Thallium-technetium subtraction scanning is a valuable technique in the pre-operative assessment of patients with clinical evidence of hyperparathyroidism.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Chatterton
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wycherley
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Muecke
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hoare
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malycha
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006965:Hyperplasia; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013667:Technetium; D013793:Thallium
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium; D013793:Thallium