Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Ectopic parathyroid adenoma
- Radiologic Findings
- Figs. 1 and 2. A 5.5-cm ovoid heterogeneously enhancing mass lesion in the right paratracheal area, in the inferior aspect of the right thyroid gland, without definite continuity.
Fig. 3. Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) MIBI scans (taken at 20 min and 2 h). The Tc-99m MIBI image taken at 20 min shows a diffusely enlarged thyroid gland. A large residual uptake in the right upper paratracheal area is seen in the 2-h image.
- Brief Review
- 1. Incidence: 20%
- Please refer to
Case 1036, Case 920, Case 526, -
- References
- Hoang JK, Sung WK, Bahl M, Phillips CD. How to perform parathyroid 4D CT: tips and traps for technique and interpretation. Radiology 2014;270(1):15
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