1 Sep 2018Article
Contrast Enhanced [99mTc] MIBI SPECT/CT in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Halil Komek 1Edip Yilmaz 2Bahri Cakabay 2Serdar Altindag 3Nilufer Ozdemir 4Canan Can 3Ferat Kepenek 3
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1 aglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey; Department of Nuclear Medicine
2 Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey; Department of General Surgery
3 Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey; Department of Nuclear Medicine
4 Saglik Bilimleri University Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey; Department of Endocrinology
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2018, 89(5), 379-384;
Published: 1 Sep 2018
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the surgical results with contrast-enhanced [99mTc]methoxy-isobutylisonitrile ([99mTc]MIBI) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/computed tomography (CT) results by adding the simultaneous single phase contrast to the [99mTc]MIBI SPECT/CT examination. METHOD: Between November 2016 and January 2018, 24 (21 female, 3 male) patients who underwent an operation after preoperative contrast-enhanced [99mTc]MIBI SPECT/CT, and 49 asymptomatic patients (42 female, 7 male), who did not undergo surgery, were included in the study. RESULTS: Sensitivity and specificity rates of contrast enhanced [99mTc]MIBI SPECT/CT were 100% and 100% when evaluated together with surgical results. The rate of detection in asymptomatic patients was found to be 93.8%. CONCLUSIONS: With the contrast-enhanced [99mTc]MIBI SPECT/CT imaging, both high sensitivity and specificity val- ues were achieved in the preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas (PTAs) and high detection rates were obtained in the asymptomatic group. The use of contrast IV during the [99mTc]MIBI SPECT/CT in patients without con- traindications increased both preoperative localization rates of adenomas and detection rates of asymptomatic hyper- parathyroidism cases.
Keywords
- Parathyroid adenoma
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- [99mTc]MIBI
- SPECT/CT