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  • Parathyroid Imaging
    • Parathyroid Scan
    • Parathyroid Ultrasound
    • Parathyroid CT Scan
    • MRI of Parathyroid
    • SPECT Scanning of Parathyroid
  • OUR EXPERT TEAM
    • Lawrence Gordon, MD, Parathyroid Surgeon
    • Operating Room Team
      • Nancy Fiorino, R.N.
      • China Krupin, R.N.
      • Marlene Roerden, R.N.
      • Regina Carey, R.N.
      • Gail Babcock, R.N.
      • Marie Bush, R.N.
      • Lynn Hickey, R.N.
    • Parathyroid Imaging Team
      • Steven Leffler, M.D. Ph.D.
      • Robert Wilkins, M.D.
      • Fred Bohn, Nuclear Medicine
      • Rose Richardsen, Ultrasonography
    • Surgical Team
      • Ching-Huang Huang, M.D.
      • Tomi Prvulovic, M.D.
      • Wendy Xu, R.N.
      • Janine
      • Helen Paliana
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      • Jennifer Rotante
      • Resa Barbalich
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    • Hyperparathyroidism
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    • Anesthesia for Parathyroid Surgery
    • Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy (MIRP)
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Parathyroid CT Scan

CT Scan Parathyroid

Parathyroid CT Scan

High resolution parathyroid CT scan is used to help localize a parathyroid tumor when a parathyroid scan and parathyroid ultrasound were unsuccessful at localizing the tumor.  This technique has proven to be increasingly accurate in localizing a parathyroid adenoma in an aberrant location.  Parathyroid CT scan requires a radiologist skilled at looking for abnormal parathyroid glands.

Although Parathyroid CT is not always a first line modality; if a Sestamibi scan of the parathyroids and ultrasound are negative then a CT of the parathyroids is performed to help identify a parathyroid adenoma in an aberrant location.  A CT scan is quicker and less expensive than an MRI. 

Studies have shown the ability thin cut CT scan to localize a parathyroid adenoma with a 66% sensitivity and an 89% specificity.

 

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