Positive131Cesium scanning in parathyroid adenoma

✍ Scribed by Giorgio Ferlin; Nicoletta Borsato; Renzo Perelli

• Book ID: 104687082
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 148 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00257272

✦ Synopsis

In a case of primary hyperparathyroidism, a palpable nodule, at the base of the right lobe of the thyroid, proved 'cool' during 99mTc scanning, but 'hot' when scanned with radiocesium. The uptake of this tracer was higher than the uptake of 75Seselenomethionine after suppression with T3. The authors discuss the possibility of cases of 'false-positive' radiocesium uptake in extrathyroid nodules, and in particular, the use of this tracer for the detection of parathyroid adenoma by scanning.