Preoperative localization of parathyroid carcinoma using Tc-99m MIBI

Clin Nucl Med. 1993 Mar;18(3):217-9. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199303000-00007.

Abstract

A patient with parathyroid cancer is presented who underwent Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy. The Tc-99m MIBI image demonstrated increased accumulation of activity at the lower pole of the left thyroid lobe which was later confirmed as a parathyroid cancer. Uptake by parathyroid cancer must be kept in mind as a cause of increased Tc-99m MIBI accumulation when a disease is in question in the thyroid or parathyroid gland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Parathyroid Glands / diagnostic imaging
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Preoperative Care
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Subtraction Technique
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Thallium Radioisotopes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi