[99mTc]‐Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy in chronic haemodialysis patients: static and dynamic explorations

Parathyroid scintigraphy.

Scintigraphy of the parathyroid glands continues to be controversial from several standpoints, including radiopharmaceutical choice, imaging protocol, results, and utility in clinical situations. This article reviews: the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the parathyroid glands; mechanisms of radiopharmaceutical localization; commonly accepted imaging protocols; image results; and the approp...

Thyroid and parathyroid scintigraphy

Parathyroid 4D CT and Scintigraphy

Objective. To determine the prevalence of missed lesions for parathyroid 4-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) and scintigraphy and to describe the factors leading to missed lesions for both modalities. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Single center, hospital based. Subjects and Methods. Forty patients undergoing 4D CT and scintigraphy before parathyroidectomy between J...

Significance of MIBI scintigraphy in a patient with hydatid cyst and parathyroid adenoma

A 17-year-old boy with hyperparathyroidism exhibited a large cyst in the left hemi-thorax on his chest X-ray. The cyst was identified as a hydatid cyst. He was referred for biphasic methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) parathyroid scan. A discrete ectopic parathyroid was detected in the left upper mediastinum in addition to accumulation of the MIBI tracer in the cyst wall. Using radio-guided occu...

Dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in patients with achalasia.

BACKGROUND Dynamic esophageal scintigraphy has been proven as an efficient technique of diagnosis of esophageal dysmotility. METHODS The authors monitored the transit velocity, anti-peristalsis and the retention of radioactivity in the esophagus by dynamic esophageal scintigraphy in a group of 50 patients (37 control patients and 13 patients with achalasia). RESULTS They found a significant...