Concomitant occurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism ( PHPT) due to mediastinal parathyroid adenoma and sublingual thyroid gland: the role of parathyroid technetium-99m- MIBI scintigraphy.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Choukry, Sara; Benouhoud, Jaafar; Cherkaoui Salhi, Ghofrane; Taleb, Sara; Guensi, Amal; Choukry, Karim
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports. Nov2017, Vol. 5 Issue 11, p1882-1886. 5p.
- Subject
- *HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
*POSITRON emission tomography
*ULTRASONIC imaging
*DENSITOMETRY
*WOMEN patients
*DIAGNOSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Key Clinical Message The concomitant appearance of a sublingual thyroid and primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid mediastinal adenoma is not common. This co-occurrence can lead to a misdiagnosis by morphological imaging methods alone. This case emphasizes the role of 99mTc- MIBI scintigraphy in the detection of parathyroid ectopic adenoma in a patient with an ectopic thyroid gland. This more accurate location of parathyroid scintigraphy is of great benefit to the surgeon for surgical excision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]