Ectopic Parathyroid Incidentaloma on Tc99m SestaMIBI Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Indian J Nucl Med. 2017 Jul-Sep;32(3):235-236. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_5_17.

Abstract

Parathyroid incidentalomas are generally discovered during thyroid surgery.[1] In the present case, the ectopic parathyroid adenoma was discovered as an incidentaloma in a clinical setting, during the course of clinical evaluation of atypical chest pain by gastroenterology and cardiology.

Keywords: Ectopic parathyroid adenoma; myocardial perfusion imaging; parathyroid incidentaloma.