The usefulness of Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy in the diagnosis and localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 959-964

  Vallejos, Virginia ^a   Martin Comin, Jose ^a,b   Gonzalez, Maria Teresa ^a   Rafecas, Rafael ^a   Muñoz, Antonio ^a   Fernãndez, Alejandro ^a   Mora, Jaime ^a   Ramos, Miguel ^a  

^a Hospital Principes de Espana   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hyperparathyroidism; Parathyroid Adenoma; Parathyroid Glands; Parathyroid Hyperplasia; Tc 99m Tetrofosmin Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032747890     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199912000-00011     Document Type: Article

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