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## Abstract ## Background New radionuclide agents and scanning procedures have markedly improved preoperative parathyroid gland localization. The aim of this review was to evaluate the results of parathyroid scanning and to clarify its current place in the clinical management of parathyroid diseases. ## Methods The literature describing the different radioisotopes and available scanning techniques was analysed and their clinical outcome in various parathyroid diseases was evaluated. ## Results Using 99mTc-radiolabelled sestamibi or other 99mTc-labelled cationic complexes, parathyroid scintigraphy detects 87 per cent of solitary adenomas (n = 894), 55 per cent of abnormal glands in patients with multiglandular disease (n = 303) and 75 per cent of persistent or recurrent lesions in patients with previous neck surgery (n = 240). If necessary, three-dimensional imaging techniques can clarify the spatial localization of an ectopic uptake focus. The positive predictive value of the available scanning procedures is over 95 per cent, but false-positive uptake may be encountered. ## Conclusion Radionuclide parathyroid gland scanning with 99mTc-labelled cationic complexes is the initial non-

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Author

F. Pattou; D. Huglo; Professor C. Proye

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square; Oxford University Press (OUP) (ISSN 0007-1323)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)