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ea0049ep289 | Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism | ECE2017

The results of parathormone assay in parathyroid aspirates in preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas for focused parathyroidectomy in patients with negative or suspicious sestamibi scans

Ozderya Aysenur , Temizkan Sule , Cetin Kenan , Ozugur Sule , Gul Aylin Ege , Aydin Kadriye

Objective: In primary hiperparathyroidism (PHPT), increasing the number of patients treated by focused parathyroidectomy should be the main objective of pre-surgical imaging modalities. Suspicious or negative imaging results do not always mean multiglandular disease, most of the patients may single adenoma and therefore these patients may still benefit from focused parathyroidectomy.Methods: Retrospectively, we analyzed the data of 65 patients with PHPT ...