Tc-99m sestamibi scanning in the preoperative localization of mediastinal parathyroid adenomas

Ann Nucl Med. 1995 Aug;9(3):157-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03165045.

Abstract

We report on two patients with mediastinal parathyroid adenomas who underwent preoperative Tc-99m sestamibi scintigraphy. Excellent physical characteristics of technetium and slow washout of Tc-99m sestamibi made possible clear delineation of mediastinal parathyroid adenomas by Tc-99m sestamibi imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / blood
  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Calcium / blood
  • Choristoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / blood
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Parathyroid Glands
  • Parathyroid Hormone / blood
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / blood
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Parathyroid Hormone
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Calcium