The preoperative localisation of small parathyroid adenomas improves when adding Tc-99m-Sestamibi SPECT to multiphase contrast-enhanced CT.

Patricia SandqvistJacob FarneboInga-Lena NilssonPer GrybäckAnders SundinAlejandro Sanchez-Crespo

Published in: Insights into imaging (2021)

Native CT-phase and dual time point Sestamibi SPECT increase specificity and sensitivity, respectively. These, in combination with a single contrast-enhanced CT-phase is the most optimal examination protocol for preoperative localisation of PTA using SPECT/CT.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
diffusion weighted
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
dual energy
diffusion weighted imaging
pet ct
patients undergoing
randomized controlled trial