PARATHYROID SONOGRAPHY AND SCINTIGRAPHY IN LOCALIZATION OF PARATHYROID GLAND

Purpose: Based on the widely used minimally-invasive parathyroid surgery, the preoperative diagnosis of parathyroid gland (PTG) is again receiving renewed importance.. The aim of this study was to compare echography and scintigraphy in localization of enlarged and hyperactive PTG in patients with primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyreoidism, and correlation with surgery. Methods and Materials: High resolution ultrasonography (USG) with 10 MHZ probe and two phase and subtraction planar Tc-99m-sestamibi scintigraphy of the neck (by pinhole collimator) and thorax were used in 132 patients (pts), 41 female,…