title: Preoperative localization of parathyroid carcinoma using Tc-99m MIBI.
abstract: A patient with parathyroid cancer is presented who underwent Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy. The Tc-99m MIBI image demonstrated increased accumulation of activity at the lower pole of the left thyroid lobe which was later confirmed as a parathyroid cancer. Uptake by parathyroid cancer must be kept in mind as a cause of increased Tc-99m MIBI accumulation when a disease is in question in the thyroid or parathyroid gland.
authors: Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Kitapçi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Tastekin
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Turgut
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Caner
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kars
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Barista
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bekdik
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi