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Findings from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Radiology in adenoma reported

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, February 28th, 2007

New research, "Appearance of descended superior parathyroid adenoma on SPECT parathyroid imaging," is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "An ectopic superior parathyroid adenoma (SPA) descends inferoposteriorly and can migrate to the posterior mediastinum. It often appears on sestamibi planar parathyroid imaging as an inferior lesion, which can be misleading to inexperienced surgeons."

"Its correct identification before surgery will be of great help for correct surgical planning. We assessed the appearance of descended SPA on SPECT imaging. Sestamibi SPECT imaging studies performed on 103 patients who had parathyroid adenomas...

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