Technetium-99m-sestamibi/thallium-201 mismatch of thyroid and parathyroid adenoma in chronic renal failure

R. Pijpers, B. J.P. Van Loon, J. C. Roos, O. S. Hoekstra

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Abstract

We report on a patient who had chronic renal failure and relapse of secondary hyperparathyroidism after earlier extirpation of three glands. Whereas 201Tl-chloride uptake was absent in the thyroid and an ectopic parathyroid adenoma during routine subtraction 201Tl-99mTc scintigraphy, both glands could be visualized with 99mTc-sestamibi and [123I]sodium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)826-828
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of nuclear medicine
Volume36
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 1995

Keywords

  • chronic renal failure
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • parathyroid adenoma
  • technetium-99m- sestamibi
  • thallium-201

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