Hyperfunctional parathyroid glands with 99mTc-MIBI scan: semiquantitative analysis correlated with histologic findings.

Abstract

The uptake of MIBI in hyperfunctional parathyroid is dependent on gland size and the amount of cellular components, chief cells and oxyphil cells. However, the amount of oxyphil cells does not clearly affect the results of MIBI parathyroid scintigraphy, because it is small in most hyperfunctional glands.