1992 Volume 85 Issue 12 Pages 1961-1966
Between 1983 and 1991, 18 patients with a clinical diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) were treated in our department.
In this series, there were 5 men and 13 women, between 19 and 78 years old (a mean age of 48 years). According to histological type 16 were adenomas (89%), and 2 hyperplasias (11%).
In preoperative localization studies (imaging), the sensitivity for detection of abnormal parathyroid glands was 88.9% on ultrasonography (US), 88.2% on computed tomography, 64.7% on T1-Tc subtraction scintigraphy and 76.5% on angiography. US is the most useful imaging in PHPT.
