Parathyroid sonography: a useful aid to preoperative localization.
Parathyroid sonography was used to identify 19 of 23 glands enlarged to over 5 mm in transverse diameter in 22 patients presenting with hyperparathyroidism, both primary and secondary. The false positive and false negative rates were 5 percent and 6 percent, respectively.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography