A rare cause of persistent hyperparathyroidism

Laura Iconaru; Linda Spinato; Ruth Duttmann; Anne-Sophie Hambye; Arnaud Devriendt; Maxime Herchuelz; Celine Mathey; Rafik Karmali; Pierre Bergmann

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3568

A rare cause of persistent hyperparathyroidism

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 20;9(1):511-515. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3568. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Laura Iconaru¹, Linda Spinato², Ruth Duttmann³, Anne-Sophie Hambye⁴, Arnaud Devriendt⁵, Maxime Herchuelz⁴, Celine Mathey⁶, Rafik Karmali¹, Pierre Bergmann⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology CHU Brugmann Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology CHU Brugmann Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
³ Department of Anatomopathology CHU Brugmann Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine CHU Brugmann Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
⁵ Department of Radiology CHU B←rugmann Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine CUB Erasme Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium.

Abstract

In a case of patient with persistent hypercalcemia after parathyroidectomy, different imaging techniques and particularly 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT are important to localize the adenoma even in a very unusual location.

Keywords: choline PET/CT; ectopic adenoma; hyperparathyroidism.

Publication types

Case Reports