Identification of a parathyroid adenoma by operative ultrasonography.

Sigel B, Kraft A R, Nyhus L M, Coelho J C, Gavin M P, Spigos D G

Arch Surg. 1981 Feb;116(2):234-5. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380140080020.

During surgery, real-time ultrasound scanning accurately localized a parathyroid adenoma posterior to be the superior pole of the right thyroid lobe. This was made feasible because of the ultrasound features of parathyroid tissue and current developments in ultrasound instrumentation.