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Le metodiche di imaging delle paratiroidi rivestono un ruolo di cruciale importanza nell’identificazione e nella localizzazione delle paratiroidi iperfunzionanti nei pazienti con iperparatiroidismo primario. L’adenoma singolo costituisce la causa più comune di iperparatiroidismo primario. Negli ultimi decenni, il trattamento chirurgico di scelta nella maggior parte dei casi di iperparatiroidismo primario è stato la paratiroidectomia minimamente invasiva (MIP). Una chirurgia efficace, in mani esperte, dipende da una corretta localizzazione preoperatoria del tessuto paratiroideo iperfunzionante. Una fallimentare localizzazione pre-chirurgica delle ghiandole paratiroidi iperfunzionanti spesso rende necessaria una cervicotomia esplorativa bilaterale, pratica chirurgica gravata da maggiori svantaggi e possibili complicanze rispetto alla MIP. L’imaging delle paratiroidi può essere utile prima del trattamento chirurgico anche in caso di iperparatiroidismo secondario o in forme ereditarie, come la MEN 1, 2, e 4, in quanto permette sia la corretta localizzazione delle paratiroidi in sede tipica, sia l’identificazione e la localizzazione delle ghiandole ectopiche e soprannumerarie. Inoltre, permettendo di localizzare le paratiroidi fisiologiche ne consente la loro salvaguardia durante la procedura chirurgica.
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Petranović Ovčariček, P., Giovanella, L., Punda, M. et al. Ruolo dell’imaging medico nucleare nell’iperparatiroidismo. L'Endocrinologo 23, 269–274 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-022-01069-6
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