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2519395

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
Recent reports show a better surgical outcome in primary hyperparathyroidism when an accurate preoperative localization of the lesion in available. We performed high resolution sonography in 23 consecutive patients (20 women) with biochemically proven hyperparathyroidism. Twenty two of them were operated on and their sonographic reports were compared to the surgical and pathological findings (20 adenomas, 1 carcinoma and 1 hyperplasia). One patient did not have surgery but the sonogram was compared to a Tl 201-Tc99 scintigram that suggested an adenoma. Sonography showed a single parathyroid tumor in 17 patients and failed to demonstrate a lesion in six. There were two false positives and 6 false negatives. The sensitivity was 71.5% and the positive predictive value was 88%. Three out of 6 patients with a negative sonography had an adenoma located out of reach for the method. Our results show that the high resolution sonography is a useful, non invasive method to localize abnormally enlarged parathyroid glands in hyperparathyroidism and we think it should be performed in every patient with a biochemical diagnosis of this disease.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0034-9887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Primary hyperparathyroidism: usefulness of high resolution echography in local diagnosis].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract