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  • Title: [Pre-operative detection of parathyroid adenomas with ultrasound echography (author's transl)].
    Author: Moreau JF, Dubost C, Buy JN, Ferry J.
    Journal: Nouv Presse Med; 1981 May 23; 10(23):1923-7. PubMed ID: 7243572.
    Abstract:
    Pre-operative ultrasound echography (USE) was performed in 24 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgical exploration showed 23 adenomas and was negative in 2 cases. USE gave 14 true positive, 3 false positive, 4 true negative and 6 false negative results. The specificity of the method was 79% and its sensitivity 93%. These figures are similar to those of recently published series. USE is a delicate but rewarding technique. In the hands of sonographists trained in cervical ultrasonography, it might eventually be used routinely to localize parathyroid tumours prior to surgery.
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