Appearance of descended superior parathyroid adenoma on SPECT parathyroid imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-93

  Kim, Suk Chul ^a,b   Kim, Susanne ^a   Inabnet, William B ^a   Krynyckyi, Borys R ^a   Machac, Josef ^a   Kim, Chun K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic parathyroid adenoma; Hyperparathyroidism; Sestamibi; SPECT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33846462999     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000252179.55151.09     Document Type: Article

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