AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 12 (December)

Nuclear Medicine Parathyroid Gland Studies (December 2016)

December 2016 pages 9-10 Nuclear Medicine Parathyroid Gland Studies A parathyroid gland study is used in nuclear medicine to identify and localize abnormally functioning parathyroid gland tissue. The parathyroids are four small glands lying close to or embedded in the back surface of the thyroid gland, which is situated in the front of the neck. All nuclear medicine diagnostic tests are functional studies. Nuclear medicine parathyroid studies primarily are used to localize hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue (usually adenomas) in patients with persistent or recurrent disease. Since 2013, parathyroid imaging techniques, protocols, and use of a variety of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals (also...

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