Imaging of transplanted parathyroid tissue in a patient with recurrent hyperparathyroidism.
Parathyroid scintigraphy is useful in detecting residual hyperplastic parathyroid tissue in patients who continue to have hyperthyroidism after "total parathyroidectomy." Typically, only the neck and mediastinum are imaged. The authors report a case in which images of the forearm were helpful in detecting hyperplastic autologous transplanted parathyroid tissue.
Kilgore
E J
EJ
Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA.
Teigen
E L
EL
Cowan
R J
RJ
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi