Arian P. Kalinin • Alexey V. Pavlov
Yury K. Alexandrov • Irina V. Kotova
Yury N. Patrunov • Sergey N. Pamputis

2013

Imaging and Surgery

The ever-growing interest in imaging of the parathyroid glands can be explained predominately by two factors. First of all, the former opinion about the rarity of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has vanished. Moreover, PHPT is now considered a third endocrine epidemic. Due to the prolonged life expectancy of patients treated over a long period with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, the incidence of secondary (renal) hyperparathyroidism has increased signi fi cantly.