Scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBI in diagnosis of the parathyroid glands adenomas

Abstract

The aim of our study was to explore the possibilities and the effectiveness of scintigraphy, SPECT and SPECT/CT technologies with 99mTc-MIBI in diagnosis of the  parathyroid glands adenomas. The study involved 143 patients with tumor pathology of the parathyroid glands. In 115 patients (80.4%) high-quality diagnostic  images  were obtained. Negative results of scintigraphy were occurred in 16 patients (11.2%). Questionable results of scintigraphy were noted in 9 patients  (6.3%). The high diagnostic value of scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBI in diagnosis of tumor pathology of the parathyroid glands and SPECT/CT with 99mTc-MIBI in diagnosis of atypical  located adenomas of the parathyroid glands were revealed by the authors.