PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Broughan, Thomas A.
AU  - O’Donnell, James K.
AU  - Kropilak, Michael D.
AU  - Esselstyn, Caldwell B.
TI  - Use of thallium-technetium parathyroid scans
DP  - 1987 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 179--183
VI  - 54
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/3/179.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/3/179.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1987 May 01; 54
AB  - Localization of parathyroid pathology prior to reoperative neck exploration for hyperparathyroidism decreases operating time and potential morbidity. A color-graded nuclear scan using computer subtraction of technetium 99m from thallium-201 images is an accurate means of locating the parathyroid tissue in patients who have previously had one or more neck explorations.