title: Utility of (18)F-choline photon emission tomography/computed tomography in the diagnosis of parathyroid adenoma.
abstract: Recently, the role of (18)F-choline in the detection of parathyroid adenomas has been reported. At our institution, we are currently studying the role of this tracer in comparison to the standard methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile.(MIBI) scan with single photon emission tomography/computed tomography. Our initial results show that (18)F-choline is at least as good as 99mTc-MIBI scan. We present here a representative case of a 45-year-old woman with multiple skeletal lytic lesions and a high parathyroid hormone.(PTH) who underwent both these imaging techniques with concordant results, further confirmed by histopathology and postoperative fall in serum PTH levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nishikant Avinash
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Damle
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Madhavi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behera
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Chandrasekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shipra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, B.L. Kapoor Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Devasenathipathi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taywade
keywords: 18F-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography; methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile scan; parathyroid adenoma