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Ultrasound Identification of Normal Parathyroid Glands

Ultrasound has become indispensable for identification of thyroid and parathyroid pathology, but normal parathyroid glands have historically been considered too subtle to accurately detect. Inability to identify and protect parathyroid glands can result in hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia during...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Samuel M., Noel, Julia E., Puccinelli, Cassandra L., Orloff, Lisa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473974X211052857
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Noel, Julia E.
Puccinelli, Cassandra L.
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description Ultrasound has become indispensable for identification of thyroid and parathyroid pathology, but normal parathyroid glands have historically been considered too subtle to accurately detect. Inability to identify and protect parathyroid glands can result in hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia during thyroidectomy surgery as well as misinterpretation of central neck structures in the postoperative neck. Advances in ultrasound resolution have opened the door to novel applications for this technology. In this study, we report the first surgeon-performed ultrasound identification of normal parathyroid glands in a series of 6 patients, confirmed by parathyroid tissue aspirate or parathyroid autofluorescence. Recognition of normal parathyroid glands using ultrasound can be valuable for preventing postoperative hypoparathyroidism and in increasing the accuracy of postsurgical ultrasound surveillance.
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spelling pubmed-85494712021-10-28 Ultrasound Identification of Normal Parathyroid Glands Cohen, Samuel M. Noel, Julia E. Puccinelli, Cassandra L. Orloff, Lisa A. OTO Open Short Scientific Communication Ultrasound has become indispensable for identification of thyroid and parathyroid pathology, but normal parathyroid glands have historically been considered too subtle to accurately detect. Inability to identify and protect parathyroid glands can result in hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia during thyroidectomy surgery as well as misinterpretation of central neck structures in the postoperative neck. Advances in ultrasound resolution have opened the door to novel applications for this technology. In this study, we report the first surgeon-performed ultrasound identification of normal parathyroid glands in a series of 6 patients, confirmed by parathyroid tissue aspirate or parathyroid autofluorescence. Recognition of normal parathyroid glands using ultrasound can be valuable for preventing postoperative hypoparathyroidism and in increasing the accuracy of postsurgical ultrasound surveillance. SAGE Publications 2021-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8549471/ /pubmed/34723049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473974X211052857 Text en © The Authors 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Ultrasound Identification of Normal Parathyroid Glands
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title_short Ultrasound Identification of Normal Parathyroid Glands
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473974X211052857
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