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Enlarged parathyroid glands: high-resolution local coil MR imaging. Radiology 1987 Jan;162(1 Pt 1):143-6

Date

01/01/1987

Pubmed ID

3786752

DOI

10.1148/radiology.162.1.3786752

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0023141318 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   36 Citations

Abstract

Twenty-two patients with primary hyperparathyroidism underwent high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with local (surface) coils for preoperative localization of enlarged parathyroid glands. The MR studies were interpreted prospectively and the results compared with findings at surgery and the results of computed tomography (CT), ultrasonography (US), and thallium-technetium scintigraphy (TTS). The sensitivity and specificity of MR imaging were .74 and .88, respectively. The sensitivity/specificity for the other modalities were as follows: 74/.95 for CT, .59/.82 for US, and .82/.98 for TTS. Enlarged parathyroid glands displayed a medium-intensity signal on T1-weighted images and a marked increase in intensity on T2-weighted images, but the degree of increase varied considerably.

Author List

Kneeland JB, Krubsack AJ, Lawson TL, Wilson SD, Collier BD, Froncisz W, Jesmanowicz A, Hyde JS

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adenoma
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Hyperparathyroidism
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Male
Middle Aged
Parathyroid Neoplasms