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

Authors

  • M. Abbasi Department of Nuclear Medicine, Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • S. Farzanefar Department of Nuclear Medicine, Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Sh. Rafieian Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

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 occult lesion localization with an injection of 3 mCi 99m Tc - MIBI in the morning of the operation day, an ectopic adenoma was detected with a gamma probe within the thymus, resected with a consequent decline of serum high parathyroid hormone (PTH). This report is remarkable in two different aspects: the importance of radio-guided localization of ectopic adenoma, which in this case was within the thymus, and the accumulation of MIBI in hydatid cyst wall, as a unique report of this condition.

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volume 16  issue 4

pages  505- 507

publication date 2018-10

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