Accuracy of selective venous sampling for intact parathyroid hormone in difficult patients with recurrent or persistent hyperparathyroidism.
BACKGROUND
Preoperative noninvasive localization studies of the neck and mediastinum are beneficial before reoperation. However, the role of selective venous sampling (SVS) for parathyroid hormone (PTH) in reoperative parathyroid surgery has never been clearly defined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of SVS when applied selectively to the subset of patients with indeterminate noninvasive localization studies.


METHODS
Between January 1990 and December 2001, 64 of 235 (27%) patients with persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism were considered candidates for SVS in addition to noninvasive localization studies. Accuracy of SVS for PTH was retrospectively evaluated.


RESULTS
Successful surgical treatment was achieved in 86% of these patients. SVS for PTH yielded true-positive results in 75% of patients and was not useful for the surgeon in 17% (completely false-positive in 12% and indeterminate in 5%). In 2% of patients, SVS identified successfully 1 gland but failed to locate another abnormal gland. In 6% of patients, the location of the abnormal parathyroid tissue remained unknown, and the patients have persistent hyperparathyroidism.


CONCLUSIONS
We showed that SVS is clinically useful in patients with persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism when the noninvasive localization studies do not clearly localize the abnormal parathyroid glands.
Jones
Julia J
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Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), University of California San Francisco/Mount Zion Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, Room 437, San Francisco, CA 94143-1674, USA.
Brunaud
Laurent
L
Dowd
Christopher F
CF
Duh
Quan-Yang
QY
Morita
Eugene
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Clark
Orlo H
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D012008:Recurrence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014680:Veins
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone