Excision of Postesophageal Parathyroid Adenoma in Posterior Mediastinum With Intraoperative 99mTechnetium Sestamibi Scanning Toshihisa Ogawa, MD, PhD, Ei-ichi Tsuji, MD, Hajime Kanauchi, MD, PhD, Kazuhiko Yamada, MD, Yoshikazu Mimura, MD, PhD, Michio Kaminishi, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 84, Issue 5, Pages 1754-1756 (November 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.055 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 99mTechnetium sestamibi scintigram showing intense accumulation of the radioisotope in the left upper mediastinum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1754-1756DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.055) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Computed tomographic scan showing an ectopic parathyroid adenoma posterior to the esophagus (between black arrows in A and at white arrow in B). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1754-1756DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.055) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (Top) radioisotope-guided navigation system with gamma probe. (Bottom) intraoperative photograph showing the ectopic parathyroid adenoma in the posterior superior mediastinum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1754-1756DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.055) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions