Can ultrasound be used as the primary screening modality for the localization of parathyroid disease prior to surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism? A review of 440 cases.

Joshua M. Levy,Emad Kandil,Lillian Yau,Jonathan D. Cuda,Sheila Sheth,Ralph P. Tufano

Can ultrasound be used as the primary screening modality for the localization of parathyroid disease prior to surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism? A review of 440 cases.

2011

Joshua M. Levy
Emad Kandil
Lillian Yau
Jonathan D. Cuda
Sheila Sheth
Ralph P. Tufano

Background/Aims: Sestamibi scintigraphy and neck ultrasonography have both been proposed as screening modalities for the detection of abnormal parathyroid glands in patients with pr

Keywords:

Hyperparathyroidism
Parathyroid disease
Scintigraphy
Thyroid disease
Ultrasound
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Ultrasonography
Surgery
Pathology
Medicine
Concomitant
Parathyroid adenoma
primary screening
retrospective review

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