The detection of pathological parathyroid glands is facilitated by identifying vascular features on ultrasound: the potential benefit of a low-frequency vascular probe.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the potential benefit of adding a low frequency vascular probe to the conventional pre-operative ultrasound examination of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.

Methods

A prospective cohort of 136 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism underwent a conventional ultrasound examination of the neck with a high frequency ( > 10 MHz) linear ultrasound probe, followed by an add-on examination with a low frequency vascular probe. For each ultrasound probe, and for every potential parathyroid lesion, the presence of a feeding vessel, a polar placement of the feeding vessel, and the presence of a vascular arch was recorded.

Results

A total of 146 ultrasound lesions were evaluated for vascularity by each probe. For both ultrasound probes, the odds of

SUBMITTER: Michaelsen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11554940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature