Publications by authors named "Cristiane Bertolino Lopes"
Endocr Pract
September 2016
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the effectiveness of cervical ultrasonography and parathyroid scintigraphy in locating abnormal parathyroid glands in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) before surgery.
- Ultrasonography was found to detect enlarged glands in 87% of patients and had a higher accuracy in predicting surgical findings compared to scintigraphy, which detected them in 79% of cases.
- The researchers concluded that cervical ultrasonography should be the preferred tool for preoperative localization of affected glands in PHPT due to its better predictive value, especially for solitary adenomas.
