title: CT of a parathyroid lipoadenoma. Case report.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman with primary hyperparathyroidism underwent parathyroid exploration following negative ultrasonography, CT and 99Tc-201Tl scintigraphy. A 2 x 1.5 x 1-cm large mass dorsal to the midportion of the left thyroid lobe was extirpated and a hyperfunctional lipoadenoma containing 70% or more of fatty tissue was verified microscopically. Retrospective evaluation of CT revealed a well demarcated lipomatous mass with a homogeneous density similar to that of subcutaneous fat corresponding to the surgical finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frennby
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nyman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aspelin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Udén
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ljungberg
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed