Tc-99m sestamibi scanning in the preoperative localization of mediastinal parathyroid adenomas.
We report on two patients with mediastinal parathyroid adenomas who underwent preoperative Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy. Excellent physical characteristics of technetium and slow washout of Tc-99m sestamibi made possible clear delineation of mediastinal parathyroid adenomas by Tc-99m sestamibi imaging.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Chiu
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Cheng
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WJ
Yao
D000236:Adenoma / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D002118:Calcium