Usefulness of the combination of ultrasonography and 99mTc‐sestamibi scintigraphy in the preoperative evaluation of uremic secondary hyperparathyroidism

Abstract

The ultrasonography and sestamibi scintigraphy, which showed a higher sensitivity than that of either ultrasonography or scintigraphy alone, led to a reduction of intraoperative frozen sections and to preoperative diagnosis of ectopic (29%) or supernumerary PTGs (10%) and concomitant nodular thyroid disease (24%).