Primary Hyperparathyroidism Patients with Positive Preoperative Sestamibi Scan and Negative Ultrasound Are More Likely to Have Posteriorly Located Upper Gland Adenomas (PLUGs)

BACKGROUND: Standard preoperative imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism usually includes sestamibi scanning (MIBI) and ultrasound (US). In a subset of patients with a positive MIBI and a negative US, we hypothesize that the parathyroid adenomas are more likely to be located posteriorly in the neck...

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Autores principales: Harari, Avital, Mitmaker, Elliot, Grogan, Raymon H., Lee, James, Shen, Wen, Gosnell, Jessica, Clark, Orlo, Duh, Quan-Yang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Endocrine Tumors
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21207169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1493-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21207169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1493-2

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