Table of Contents
Part I. Ultrasound, Sestamibi Scan, and Pathology of the Parathyroid Glands1 Parathyroid Ultrasound
2 Scintigraphic Parathyroid Imaging
3 Pathology of the Parathyroid Glands
Part II. Normal Anatomical Location of the Parathyroid Glands Adenomas: Ultrasound, Sestamibi Scan, and Gross Pathology
4 Right Superior Parathyroid Adenoma
5 Right Inferior Parathyroid Adenoma
6 Left Superior Parathyroid Adenoma
7 Left Inferior Parathyroid Adenoma
8 Ultrasonography, Sestamibi Scan, and SPECT/CT Sestamibi Scan of an Intrathyroidal Parathyroid Adenoma and Cystic Parathyroid Adenoma
9 Imaging of the Parathyroid Carcinoma
Part III. CT Scan of the Neck in Evaluation of Parathyroid Glands
10 Motivation for Imaging Studies
11 Contrast CT Approach
12 The CT Technique
13 Individual CT Phases
14 Sources of False Positive and False Negative Enlarged Parathyroid Glands
15 Correlative Ultrasound
16 Shape, Number, and Size of Parathyroids
17 Location of Parathyroid Glands
18 Multigland Disease
19 Rare Parathyroid Presentations
20 Illustrative Cases
21 Summary: CT Scan of the Neck in the Evaluation of Parathyroid Glands
22 Invasive Techniques for Parathyroid Localization
Part IV. MRI of the Parathyroid Glands
23 MRI of the Parathyroid Glands