title: [Evaluation of the reliality of an oncotropic drug in diagnostics of the retrosternal lesions].
abstract: Aim of this research is the evaluation of an oncotropic drug in diagnostics of substernal goiter. We used the SESTA-MIBI in 26 patients with cervico-mediastinal goiter and evaluated the pre and intra operating data with the histopathological specimen. The radiodrug has noticed profit in the differential from neoplastic and colloidal tissue, even if in a few cases it has also demostrated affinity for the benign adenomas. When the fine aspirated needle biopsy has turned out inadwisable or not setting, the MIBI methodical has been of special help. The extent of the use of this radiodrug also to parathyroid and cardiac pathology has made the economical costs cheaper and promoted the routine use of the methodology.
authors: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Dipartimento di Scienze Anestesiologiche, Chirurgiche e dell'Emergenza, II Università di Napoli.
authors: Eugenio
authors: E
authors: Di Lieto
authors: Giuseppe Michele
authors: GM
authors: Gallo
authors: Vincenzo Della Vittoria
authors: VD
authors: Scarpati
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Busiello
authors: Pietro
authors: P
authors: Di Tommaso
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Carpenito
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Perrone
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Parascandolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi