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Fig. 18 | European Journal of Hybrid Imaging

Fig. 18

From: Non-FDG PET/CT in Diagnostic Oncology: a pictorial review

Fig. 18

11C-Methionine, Primary hyperparathyroidism. Clinical history: 74 y.o. female patient with chronic renal failure and goitre. Parathyroid hormone 68 pg/mL. 99mTc-MIBI SPECT: multinodular goitre that extends to the thorax with a left moderate uptake nodule. There is no evidence of hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue (a). PET/CT findings: multinodular goitre with a large mass in the left lobe that displaces the trachea to the right on CT (b). In the anterolateral and lower left section of this mass there is a nodule with focal tracer uptake without a clear plane of cleavage with the gland on fused images (c). These findings suggest a parathyroid adenoma

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