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THALLIUM‐201‐TECHNETIUM‐99m SUBTRACTION SCANNING: ITS VALUE IN 50 CASES OF HYPERPARATHYROIDISM SUBMITTED TO SURGERY
Author(s) -
Chatterton BarryE.,
Wycherley AllanG.,
Muecke TimothyS.,
Hoare LehondeL.,
Malycha Peter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thallium , subtraction , technetium , hyperparathyroidism , radiology , nuclear medicine , technetium 99m , isotopes of technetium , scintigraphy , surgery , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , arithmetic , mathematics
Parathyroid surgery was performed on 50 patients following thallium‐technetium subtraction scanning. Parathyroid adenomata were correctly localized in 34 (83%). Of eight patients with hyperplastic glands, 15 (75%) of these glands were correctly localized. There were seven (17%) false negative scans and one (2%) false positive result. Thallium‐technetium subtraction scanning is a valuable technique in the pre‐operative assessment of patients with clinical evidence of hyperparathyroidism.