F18-choline PET/CT guided surgery in primary hyperparathyroidism when ultrasound and MIBI SPECT/CT are negative or inconclusive: the APACH1 study.
Elske QuakDavid BlanchardBenjamin HouduYannick Le RouxRenaud CiappucciniBarbara LireuxDominique de RaucourtJean-Michel GrellardIdlir LicajStéphane BardetYves ReznikBénédicte ClarisseNicolas AidePublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2017)
Preoperative FCH PET/CT has a high sensitivity and positive predictive value for parathyroid adenoma detection in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and negative or inconclusive conventional imaging results. Bilateral cervical exploration could be avoided in the majority (75%) of patients.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery bypass
- mass spectrometry
- image quality
- dual energy
- case report
- coronary artery disease
- photodynamic therapy
- fluorescence imaging