Role of single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in localization of ectopic parathyroid adenoma: A pictorial case series and review of the current literature

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 500-502

  Akram, Kamran ^a   Parker, John Anthony ^a   Donohoe, Kevin ^a   Kolodny, Gerald ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic parathyroid adenoma; Hybrid imaging; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68949125170     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181abb619     Document Type: Article

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