title: Radiology case of the month. 99mTc sestamibi scintigraphy definitively determines the cause of hypercalcemia. Primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to parathyroid adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soby
authors.forename: Jagan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Harold R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Neitzschman
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D049950:Hyperparathyroidism, Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi