Nuclear Medicine • Parathyroid Scan

This study is performed for the evaluation of a possible parathyroid adenoma. No prep is needed for this study.

Following registration, a technologist will greet you and take you to the nuclear medicine department. There you will be asked a few brief questions, and then given an intravenous injection of a medicine (radionuclide). Images are then obtained immediately and then at 2 - 3 hours. Images are taken with you lying on a table with the camera positioned over the neck. After completing the images (approximately 10 minutes) you will be taken back to the lobby or directed to your next appointment.

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