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Imaging of the Parathyroid Gland

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The parathyroid glands are endocrine organs that surround the thyroid and usually consist of four glands. Each gland is about the size of a grain of rice and secretes parathyroid hormones. Parathyroid hormones increase the calcium concentration in the blood by indirectly increasing calcium absorption from the digestive tract and kidneys, in addition to transferring calcium stored in the bones to the bloodstream.

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  1. Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

    Akihiro Nakajo & Yoshiaki Shinden

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Nakajo, A., Shinden, Y. (2023). Imaging of the Parathyroid Gland. In: Ishizawa, T. (eds) Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7372-7_29

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