Ha Tae Kwun, Kim Dong Wook, Jung Soo Jin
Department of General Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, 47392, South Korea.
Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 75, Bokji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan, 47392, South Korea.
Radiol Med. 2017 Nov;122(11):866-870. doi: 10.1007/s11547-017-0792-0. Epub 2017 Jul 15.
No previous prospective study has investigated the detection of normal parathyroid glands (PTGs) and their features using real-time ultrasound (US). This study aimed to assess the preoperative US detection of normal PTGs in patients who underwent hemithyroidectomy.
Between August and October 2016, 44 patients underwent hemithyroidectomy using a low-collar incision, and 5 were excluded from the study. A single radiologist performed the preoperative US examination in all patients, and the surgical data for the PTGs were obtained by a single surgeon. Based on the surgical findings of PTGs, the preoperative US detection of PTGs was determined.
Of the 39 patients, 3 had no surgical data for PTG (n = 2) and the presence of parathyroid hyperplasia (n = 1). In the 36 remaining patients, in 3 patients, US identification of a normal PTG was corroborated by surgical findings, whereas in 2 patients, US findings differed from surgical findings, and in 31 patients, US did not detect a normal PTG. The successful US detection rate of normal PTG was only 8.3% (3/36).
US cannot be used for identification of normal PTGs.
以往尚无前瞻性研究利用实时超声(US)检测正常甲状旁腺(PTG)及其特征。本研究旨在评估行甲状腺半切术患者术前US对正常PTG的检测情况。
2016年8月至10月期间,44例患者采用低领切口行甲状腺半切术,5例被排除在研究之外。由一名放射科医生对所有患者进行术前US检查,并由一名外科医生获取PTG的手术数据。根据PTG的手术结果,确定术前US对PTG的检测情况。
39例患者中,3例无PTG手术数据(2例)以及存在甲状旁腺增生(1例)。在其余36例患者中,3例患者手术结果证实US识别出正常PTG,2例患者US结果与手术结果不同,31例患者US未检测到正常PTG。正常PTG的US成功检测率仅为8.3%(3/36)。
US不能用于识别正常PTG。