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ea0038p13 | Bone | SFEBES2015

Pre-operative localisation of parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: can a single modality of imaging be adequate?

Imran Hafsa , Wilson Paul , Sinha Rebecca , Varughese George , Nayak Ullal , Varadhan Lakshminarayanan

Aim: Pre-operative localisation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been based on ultrasound (US) of neck and MIBI scans with an expectation that solitary parathyroid adenomas (PA) would be localised with reasonable accuracy and sensitivity, to enable mini-parathyroidectomy. The aim of our audit was to assess the utility of both these imaging in patients with parathyroid adenoma.Method: Retrospective analysis was performed on all patients who had s...