Do ultrasound and sestamibi scan as the only preoperative imaging tests in reoperation for parathyroid adenomas?
This study supports an algorithm of obtaining US and sestamibi scan as the initial and perhaps only preoperative localization tests for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism after failed operation, at which time no abnormal glands had been found.
Screening mammography programs can be effective for women of lower SES and can be conducted as efficiently as they are for more affluent women. Differences in diagnosis of small cancers in the two groups reported in this article may reflect differences in age and patterns of prior screening experience in the two populations.