Hypercalcemic crisis: a clinical review

S Ahmad, G Kuraganti, D Steenkamp - The American journal of medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Hypercalcemia is a common metabolic perturbation. However, hypercalcemic crisis is an
unusual endocrine emergency, with little clinical scientific data to support therapeutic …

Parathyroid carcinoma: challenges in diagnosis and treatment

D Betea, I Potorac, A Beckers - Annales d'endocrinologie, 2015 - Elsevier
Parathyroid carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm affecting 0.5 to 5.0% of all patients suffering
from primary hyperparathyroidism. This cancer continues to cause challenges for diagnosis …

Parathyroid adenoma localization with 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT: a meta-analysis

KK Wong, LM Fig, MD Gross… - Nuclear medicine …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic utility of parathyroid
scintigraphy with technetium-99m (99m Tc)-sestamibi single-photon emission computed …

Parathyroid adenomas and hyperplasia on four-dimensional CT scans: three patterns of enhancement relative to the thyroid gland justify a three-phase protocol

M Bahl, AR Sepahdari, JA Sosa, JK Hoang - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To describe the prevalence of three relative enhancement patterns of parathyroid
lesions on four-dimensional (4D) computed tomographic (CT) scans. Materials and Methods …

Comparison of 4D CT, Ultrasonography, and 99mTc Sestamibi SPECT/CT in Localizing Single-Gland Primary Hyperparathyroidism

YJ Suh, JY Choi, S Kim, IK Chun… - … –Head and Neck …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The present study was designed to evaluate 4D computerized tomography (CT) as
a means of localizing abnormal parathyroid glands in primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) …

Enabling minimal invasive parathyroidectomy for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism using Tc-99m-sestamibi SPECT–CT, ultrasound and first results of 18F …

WP Kluijfhout, WMCM Vorselaars, MR Vriens… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Assessment of the diagnostic value of ultrasound (US), single photon-emission
computed tomography–computed tomography (SPECT–CT) and 18 F-fluorocholine (FCH) …

[HTML][HTML] Parathyroid ultrasonography: the evolving role of the radiologist

JY Sung - Ultrasonography, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previously, radiologists played a limited role in the treatment of parathyroid disease, primary
focusing on the preoperative localization of parathyroid lesions responsible for …

The use of modified four-dimensional computed tomography in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: an argument for the abandonment of routine sestamibi …

M Kukar, TA Platz, TJ Schaffner, R Elmarzouky… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Four-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) has emerged as an extremely
sensitive preoperative imaging modality for primary hyperparathyroidism compared with the …

Dynamic parathyroid computed tomography (4DCT) facilitates reoperative parathyroidectomy and enables cure of missed hyperplasia

S Cham, AR Sepahdari, KE Hall, MW Yeh… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Background Four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) is an emerging imaging
modality in the evaluation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). We assessed the role of …

Ultrasonography alone can reliably locate parathyroid tumours and facilitates minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

HZ Butt, MA Husainy, A Bolia… - The Annals of The …, 2015 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Introduction Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) is performed via a short incision (≤
3cm). Previous studies have employed multiple imaging modalities including …