Use of Fusion Imaging to Localize an Ectopic Thoracic Parathyroid Adenoma Benjamin Harris, MD, Dale Bailey, PhD, Paul Roach, MD, David Marshman, MD, Aidan McElduff, MD, Greg King, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 719-721 (August 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.12.029 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Anterior mediastinal lesion (white arrow) demonstrated on initial computed tomographic (CT) image with no 99m technetium-sestamibi activity. This is anatomically distinct from the metabolically active lesion in the pericardial fat demonstrated in the (B) transverse, (D) coronal, and (E) sagittal planes. The lesion demonstrates intense activity on the fused single photon emission tomography parathyroid 99m technetium-sestamibi images and was proven at operation to be an ectopic parathyroid adenoma. (C) The initial CT image with contrast fails to visualize a lesion in this area. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 719-721DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.12.029) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions