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Parathyroid Scanning With Selenium⁷⁵ Labelled Methionine^1,2,

Ann Arbor, Michigan

ABSTRACT

Se⁷⁵ methionine relative concentration in parathyroid gland is theoretically sufficient at present to draw a picture of a parathyroid adenoma and may well have been done successfully. The present preparation is undependably impure at present, however, and the uptake in the marrow of the cervical spine and sternum make the technique difficult to interpret. It should be possible to obtain pure Se⁷⁵ labeled methionine in the future. Se⁷⁵ methionine parathyroid photoscanning may then become a practical procedure in detecting a fair sized parathyroid adenoma.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine (Nuclear Medicine), University of Michigan Medical School and United States Veterans Administration Hospital Radioisotope Service, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

² Supported by the Nuclear Medicine Research Fund.