A Potential Pitfall in Parathyroid Scintigraphy: Description of A Rare Case

Abstract

A 32 years old male patient after admission at our center was diagnosed as a primary hyperparathyroidism. Diagnostic imaging provided two different alternatives for the cause of the disease: an adenoma/carcinoma of the parathyroid gland or a hyper functioning thyroid node. The histology after surgical excision proved to be an adenoma of the parathyroid gland. This case report demonstrated this rare behavior for parathyroid scintigraphy in which parathyroid adenoma concentrates Tc^99m-sestaMIBI in the early and late phase but also Tc^99m-pertechnetate.




J Med Cases. 2010;1(3):77-80
doi: https://doi.org/10.4021/jmc39w