Cervical paraganglioma mimicking a parathyroid adenoma on Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy.
A 32-year-old man with a clinical and biochemical profile suggestive of primary hyperparathyroidism presented with a soft tissue mass on the left side of the neck. Multiphasic planar and SPECT Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) scintigraphy showed focally increased tracer concentration in the mass. Subsequent histopathology and immunostaining identified the mass as a parathyroid hormone-secreting cervical paraganglioma, indicating that this tumor should be considered in the differential interpretation of MIBI concentration in the neck.
Bhattacharya
Anish
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Mittal
Bhagwant Rai
BR
Bhansali
Anil
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Radotra
Bishan Das
BD
Behera
Arunanshu
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi