title: Preoperative and postoperative (18)FDG PET/CT and bone scintigraphy images in a patient with parathyroid adenoma.
abstract: A 35-year-old male patient with generalized body pain had multiple hyperactive lesions on bone scan, suggestive of metastatic disease. FDG PET/CT scan performed 2 weeks later showed multiple hypermetabolic lesions on skeletal system; also a hypermetabolic and hypodense lesion was present adjacent to the left thyroid lobe, suggestive of primary parathyroid adenoma and multiple brown tumors. Serum parathyroid hormone level was elevated, and parathyroid scintigraphy confirmed parathyroid adenoma. The patient underwent parathyroidectomy operation, and histopathology result revealed parathyroid adenoma. Five months after the operation, complete metabolic regression was observed on PET/CT, whereas bone scan did not show any significant difference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. lebriz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lebriz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uslu
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calişkan
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sağer
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teksöz
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halaç
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18