PARATHYROID ADENOMA LOCALIZATION BY PET FDG

Authors
NEUMANN DR ESSELSTYN CB MACINTYRE WJ CHEN EQ GO RT KOHSE LM
Citation
Dr. Neumann et al., PARATHYROID ADENOMA LOCALIZATION BY PET FDG, Journal of computer assisted tomography, 17(6), 1993, pp. 976-977
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of computer assisted tomography → ACNP
ISSN journal
03638715
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
976 - 977
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-8715(1993)17:6<976:PALBPF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism was examined with positron emission tomography using [F-18]-2-fluorodeoxyglucose. The radioactive tracer accumulated in a cervical mass that proved to be a parathyroid adenoma resulting in the correct preoperative localization of the par athyroid tumor.