Dual isotope parathyroid imaging
Journal Article
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· Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)
Eleven patients who had clinical and biochemical evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism were studied using dual isotope technetium-thallium parathyroid subtraction imaging. The parathyroid scans correctly identified all surgically proven parathyroid adenomas. Three abnormal foci also were identified that were not parathyroid adenomas. These were caused by adenocarcinoma metastatic to a lymph node, primary papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, and parathyroid hyperplasia. This report also demonstrates the importance of surgically examining all abnormal sites of uptake.
- Research Organization:
- Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
- OSTI ID:
- 6850073
- Journal Information:
- Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 9; ISSN CNMED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ADENOMAS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASES
DUAL-ISOTOPE SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
GLANDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
METASTASES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PARATHYROID GLANDS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THALLIUM 201
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ADENOMAS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASES
DUAL-ISOTOPE SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
GLANDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
METASTASES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PARATHYROID GLANDS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THALLIUM 201
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES