A comparative study of pre-operative imaging methods in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: Ultrasonography, Tc-99m sestamibi, single photon emission computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

Yükleniyor...
Küçük Resim

Tarih

2012

Dergi Başlığı

Dergi ISSN

Cilt Başlığı

Yayıncı

Springer

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

Aim: This study compares the accuracy rates achieved in ultrasonography (US), 9(9m)Tc-sestamibi (MIBI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPEC), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as imaging methods used in the pre-operative localization of the enlarged parathyroid glands. Subjects and methods: For the purposes of this study, US, MIBI, SPECT, and MRI were performed on 98 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). All patients underwent parathyroidectomy. Results: Pre-operative localization of an abnormal parathyroid gland was successfully performed in 82 of the cases scanned with US (83.7%), while the result was 66 in the cases scanned with MIBI (67.3%), 71 of the cases were successfully localized with SPECT (72.4%), while MRI revealed the diseased gland in only 60 of the total'cases (61.2%). In MIBI-positive and -negative patients there was a statistically significant difference among cases in terms of adenoma volume (1.30 +/- 1.51 vs 0.58 +/- 0.91, p < 0.05). Sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy values were 87.2%, 25.0%, and 83.0%; 70.2%, 50.0%, and 69.4%; 75.5%, 50.0%, and 74.5%; 63.8%, 50.0%, and 63.3% for US, MIBI, SPECT, and MRI, respectively. The respective values for sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy were 94.9%, 25.0%, and 91.1% when US was combined with MIBI. Conclusions: Combining US and MIBI as imaging methods for pre-operative imaging of pHPT often produces more satisfactory results. While the accuracy of US is relatively low in the ectopic localizations, the size of the lesion can be an important factor in the accuracy achieved with MIBI. (J. Endocrinol. Invest. 35: 359-364, 2012) (c) 2012, Editrice Kurtis

Açıklama

WOS: 000308045400003
PubMed: 21623148

Anahtar Kelimeler

Magnetic resonance imaging, parathyroid scintigraphy, primary hyperparathyroidism, SPECT, ultrasonography

Kaynak

Journal Of Endocrinological Investigation

WoS Q Değeri

Q4

Scopus Q Değeri

Q2

Cilt

35

Sayı

4

Künye