RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nuclear Imaging and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Management of Hyperparathyroidism
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1813
OP 1818
DO 10.2967/jnumed.107.050237
VO 49
IS 11
A1 Benjamin L. Judson
A1 Ashok R. Shaha
YR 2008
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/49/11/1813.abstract
AB Primary hyperparathyroidism is the most common cause of hypercalcemia, and the treatment is primarily surgical. Because of biochemical screening, more patients now present with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism, and consensus guidelines have been developed for the treatment of these patients. There is now considerable interest in minimally invasive approaches to the treatment of hyperparathyroidism. Sestamibi scanning as a localizing study, used in combination with anatomic imaging and intraoperative rapid parathyroid hormone assays, has enabled focused surgical approaches. Patients with localizing studies that indicate a single parathyroid adenoma are candidates for such approaches, including unilateral neck exploration, minimally invasive single-gland exploration, or endoscopic exploration instead of the traditional approach of bilateral neck exploration. Nuclear imaging is also critical to the successful management of patients with persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism.