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- Title
Surgical Management Strategies in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Which Technique in Which Patients?
- Authors
A. Koyuncu; H.S. Dökmetaş; C. Aydın; M. Turan; T. Erselcan; S. Sözeri; M. Şen
- Abstract
Objective: This study was planned to investigate the efficacy of either 99mTc-sestamibi scan or ultrasonography in predicting the operative treatment in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Subjects and Method: Thirty patients (25 female, 5 male; mean age: 53 years) being operated for symptomatic primary PHPT were included in this study. Ultrasonography was used in 29 patients while 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy was done in 28 patients to localize the hyperfunctioning gland(s). Standard bilateral neck exploration was done in 6 patients. Although unilateral intervention had been planned for 24 patients, bilateral intervention was performed in 9 of them. Results: Sensitivity of 99mTc-sestamibi was 81%, while that of ultrasonography was 42%. 99mTc-sestamibi localization method led to misleading results in 10/28 (35.7%) patients. False-positive localization and accompanying thyroid pathologies played an important role in determining transition from unilateral to bilateral intervention. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that bilateral intervention remains a successful management option without prior localization in patients with PHPT especially in an endemic goiter region.Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; ULTRASONIC imaging; ENDEMIC goiter; THYROID diseases; IODINE deficiency diseases
- Publication
Medical Principles & Practice, 2005, Vol 14, Issue 3, p194
- ISSN
1011-7571
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000084639