Technetium‐99m‐sestamibi subtraction scintigraphy <i>vs.</i> ultrasonography combined with a rapid parathyroid hormone assay in parathyroid aspirates in preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas and in directing surgical approach

Abstract

Both the sensitivity and PPV of SS and US alone are comparable, with significantly less accurate results obtained in patients with goitre. In cases of equivocal results of US and/or in patients with concomitant goitre, an iPTH assay in US-guided FNAs of suspicious parathyroid lesions may be used to establish the nature of the mass, distinguish between parathyroid and nonparathyroid tissue (goitre, lymph nodes) and improve the accuracy of US parathyroid imaging, allowing for successful directing of surgical approach in a majority of patients.