Parathyroid hyperplasia, thymic carcinoid and pituitary adenoma detected with technetium-99m-MIBI in MEN type I.
We report a case of a 57-yr-old woman with history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN I). A 99mTc-sestamibi scan demonstrated a hyperplastic parathyroid gland, a large anterior mediastinal mass and a pituitary adenoma during a study done to evaluate recurrent hyperparathyroidism. The importance of this case is that much of the nonparathyroid pathology in patients with MEN I syndrome may be detected with this one study.
Perez-Monte
J E
JE
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Brown
M L
ML
Clarke
M R
MR
Watson
C G
CG
Carty
S E
SE
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018761:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi