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Right Superior Parathyroid Adenoma

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A right superior parathyroid adenoma—a mass identified as adjoining the superior pole of the right thyroid lobe—can be identified through imaging with ultrasound and Tc 99 m sestamibi SPECT/CT scans, as illustrated in the four cases seen in Figs. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA

    Alexander L. Shifrin

  2. University Radiology Group, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Pritinder K. Thind

  3. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Neptune, NJ, USA

    Pritinder K. Thind

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  1. Department of Surgery, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA

    Alexander L. Shifrin

  2. Lenox Hill Radiology, New York, NY, USA

    L. Daniel Neistadt

  3. Department of Radiology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA

    Pritinder K. Thind

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Shifrin, A.L., Thind, P.K. (2020). Right Superior Parathyroid Adenoma. In: Shifrin, A.L., Neistadt, L.D., Thind, P.K. (eds) Atlas of Parathyroid Imaging and Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40959-3_4

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