Parathyroid cancer MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Overview

MRI scan may be diagnostic of parathyroid cancer. Findings on MRI suggestive of parathyroid cancer include metastasis and invasion of surrounding tissues.

MRI

Assess the central part of the chest cavity (the mediastinum)
Identify distant metastases^[1]

References

↑ Parathyroid cancer. Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/parathyroid/hp Accessed on December 29, 2015

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[1] Parathyroid cancer. Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/parathyroid/hp Accessed on December 29, 2015

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