Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Location: Suite 026
Director: Kurt Meehan, R.T.
Appointments: 216-382-2853
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
General Description
What to Expect
How to Prepare
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General Description
A Parathyroid Study uses a special camera that takes pictures of the parathyroid glands after a small amount of a radioactive substance makes it visible. (The level of radioactivity is extremely low and has no side effects.) The study is used to detect the location of an adenoma (benign tumor).
What to Expect
You will be given an intravenous (IV) injection of a radioactive substance in your arm that will travel through your bloodstream and collect in the parathyroid glands. During the scan, you will lie on your back on a padded table with a camera positioned above you. Images of the parathyroid will be taken 20 minutes after the injection and again two hours after the injection. The second scan will include SPECT imaging. SPECT is a rotating camera that takes images of the parathyroid glands from all angles. The SPECT scan will take about 1½ hours to complete. Your doctor will receive a written report approximately 48 hours after the study.
- There are no dietary restrictions before or after the scan.
- Continue to take any medications you normally would, unless your physician has instructed otherwise.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before your appointment and bring the requisition provided by your physician.