Visualization of a Parathyroid Adenoma with Tc-99m MIBI in a Case with Iodine Saturation and Impaired Thallium Uptake

Authors :: De Feyter I
K. Schelstraete
Lippens M
Osmanagaoglu K
E Obrie
Source :: Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 18:214-216
Publication Year :: 1993
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1993.
Abstract: A case of a parathyroid adenoma is presented in which the conventional Tl-201 minus Tc-99m subtraction technique failed to localize the adenoma because of prior iodide administration and a low Tl-201 uptake. Ultrasonography and CT could not provide useful data either. However, a Tc-99m methoxylisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigram clearly delineated the adenoma and the thyroid tissue.

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