Ultrasound evaluation of parathyroid glands pathology in patients with chronic renal failure treated by dialysis

Localization and anatomical patterns of enlarged parathyroid glands is very significant for diagnostics and treatment of dialysis patients suffering with secondary hyperparathyroidism. The assessment included 76 dialysis patients with chronic renal failure. The dialysis duration ranged from 0.5 months to 15 years. Parathyroid gland hyperplasia was found among 39 (51.3%) of the patients. The size of parathyroid glands varied from 0.4cm through 3.4cm; the volume – from 0.02 through 6.1cm3. In all cases echogenicity of detected parathyroid glands was lower than that of thyroid gland tissue. In 38.1% of cases struct…