Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism affects 0.3% of the general population1. 90% are due to single parathyroid adenoma1. Surgical treatment is the only definitive cure2. Improvements in imaging permit radiologists to better identify parathyroid adenomas1, enabling more targeted surgery1, thus shortening general anaesthesia, as well as lowering post-operative complication rates. Neck ultrasound (US) and parathyroid sc...