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SUBMITTER: Van den Bruel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10169799 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van den Bruel Annick A Bijnens Jacqueline J Van Haecke Helena H Vander Poorten Vincent V Dick Catherine C Vauterin Tom T De Geeter Frank F
Scientific reports 20230509 1
We retrospectively evaluated how accurately preoperative imaging localizes parathyroid adenoma in superior versus inferior parathyroids. Over 6 years, 104 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism underwent parathyroid surgery in a single centre. Of these, 103 underwent ultrasound, 97 [<sup>99m</sup>Tc]pertechnetate/MIBI SPECT/CT and 30 [<sup>18</sup>F]fluorocholine (FCH) PET/CT. One patient with a unilateral double adenoma was excluded from the analysis. Surgical findings with histopathologic c ...[more]