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FCH-PET/CT superior to MIBI-SPECT/CT for guiding parathyroid surgery

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Medical imaging is used to localize parathyroid adenomas in patients with PHPT, a condition often diagnosed based on high calcium levels. Additionally, the tracer was found useful in 2014 in patients with PHPT. FCH was first developed in the early 2000s as a PET radiotracer for detecting prostate cancer and staging patients.

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Pneumonia on CT? Consider additional imaging so as not to miss cancer

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Suspicion of malignancy may be prompted by avid uptake of the radiopharmaceutical FDG on PET/CT imaging, according to study results delivered on November 27 at the RSNA meeting.

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