Gamma probe radioguided parathyroid forearm surgery in recurrent hyperparathyroidism

R I Cutress; C Manwaring-White; K Dixon; A Dhir; A I Skene

doi:10.1308/147870809X401047

Gamma probe radioguided parathyroid forearm surgery in recurrent hyperparathyroidism

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2009 Oct;91(7):W1-3. doi: 10.1308/147870809X401047.

Authors

R I Cutress¹, C Manwaring-White, K Dixon, A Dhir, A I Skene

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK.

Abstract

A case is described of a successful radioguided forearm graft parathyroidectomy. This is the first report of both pre-operative diagnostic and successful intra-operative localisation during a single procedure, of autologous transplanted parathyroid tissue.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Forearm / surgery*
Humans
Hyperparathyroidism / diagnosis
Hyperparathyroidism / surgery*
Hyperplasia / complications
Hyperplasia / diagnosis
Male
Parathyroidectomy / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Recurrence
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
Transplantation, Autologous / methods
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi