Contrast-enhanced MDCT characteristics of parathyroid adenomas

Geneva J. Randall; Philip B. Zald; James I. Cohen; Bronwyn E. Hamilton

doi:10.2214/AJR.08.2098

Contrast-enhanced MDCT characteristics of parathyroid adenomas

Geneva J. Randall, Philip B. Zald, James I. Cohen, Bronwyn E. Hamilton

Diagnostic Radiology

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. Minimally invasive directed parathyroidectomy has replaced conventional surgical techniques aimed at exploring all four glands in the bilateral neck. These changes have created the need for better preoperative imaging localization techniques. In this article, we describe the CT imaging characteristics of surgically confirmed adenomas and review anatomy and embryology to aid the radiologist in successfully identifying adenomas using contrast-enhanced CT. CONCLUSION. Knowledge of normal CT appearance, contrast enhancement, and expected location are critical to correct interpretation of parathyroid adenoma at CT.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	W139-W143
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	193
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.08.2098
State	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

Adenoma
Hypercalcemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Parathyroid

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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