Identification of a parathyroid adenoma by operative ultrasonography
B. Sigel, A. R. Kraft, L. M. Nyhus, J. C. Coelho, M. P. Gavin and D. G. Spigos
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.