Abstract
Parathyroid ultrasound is the first-line, most cost-effective and safest study in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). The precise localization of a parathyroid adenoma helps the surgeon to perform a minimally invasive parathyroidectomy with a targeted approach to a single-gland parathyroid adenoma, rather than performing neck exploration of all four parathyroid glands. Surgeon-performed ultrasound detects parathyroid adenoma more often than a radiologist-performed study. This chapter describes the basic physics of ultrasound as an essential part in understanding how to use this technology specifically for parathyroid imaging. It describes the technique of parathyroid imaging and gives some hints on anatomical location of parathyroid adenoma, including ectopic locations and anatomical variants such as intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma and cystic parathyroid adenoma.
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Shifrin, A.L., Thind, P.K. (2020). Parathyroid Ultrasound. 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_1
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