title: [Oesophageal endoscopic ultrasound in the accurate location of primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to estimate the usefulness of oesophageal endoscopic ultrasound in the accurate location of recurrent or persistent primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 352 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism were operated on over the last seven years. A preoperative parathyroid 99Tc- sestamibi gammagraphy and an intraoperative PTH determination were performed routinely. Only 5 patients (1.4%) had localization problems: three with persistent HPT after parathyroid extirpation, one recurrent HPT and one HPT after a right hemithyroidectomy. An oesophageal endoscopic ultrasound was carried out before any new exploratory neck surgery in order to find the definitive location.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The endoscopic ultrasound showed a clear image of adenoma with an accurate location in four patients. No tumour was present in one patient. All five patients were operated on. The exact location was confirmed in the four patients with positive endoscopic ultrasound images. The fifth surgical exploration revealed a parathyreosis. All five patients had a favourable post-operative period, with no nerve lesions or morbidity associated with the endoscopic ultrasound.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oesophageal endoscopic ultrasound is a very useful diagnostic tool in HPT patients with location problems, particularly in cases having anatomical changes due to previous surgery. It is a procedure that helps the surgeon to make a more selective and efficient exploration of parathyroid glands.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General B, Sección de Cirugía Endocrina, Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, España. Aitor.quintanadelabasarrate@osakidetza.net
authors.forename: Aitor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de la Quintana Basarrate
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Díaz Aguirregoitia
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil Sánchez
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barturen Barroso
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaztambide Saez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Echenique Elizondo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perdigo Bilbao
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049950:Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male