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Parathyroid scintigraphy is useful to localize hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland(s) in the presurgical diagnostic workup and to detect recurrent or persistent disease, both in case of primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
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Pizzoferro, M., Villani, M.F., Grossi, A., Ubertini, G., Garganese, M.C. (2017). Endocrinology: Hyperparathyroidism. In: Garganese, M., D'Errico, G. (eds) Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_25
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