Table 3.
Imaging data of parathyroid glands from PHPT and SHPT patients before MWA.
| PHPT (n = 17) |
SHPT (n = 16) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USG | MIBI | p Value | USG | MIBI | p Value | |
| Location of glands, n (%) | ||||||
| Left superior | 3/17 | 2/17 | 1.000 | 13/16 | 13/16 | 1.000 |
| Left inferior | 10/17 | 9/17 | .730 | 14/16 | 14/16 | 1.000 |
| Right superior | 2/17 | 2/17 | 1.000 | 12/16 | 10/16 | .704 |
| Right inferior | 5/17 | 3/17 | .688 | 13/16 | 10/16 | .433 |
| Ectopic | 0/17 | 0/17 | / | 0/16 | 0/16 | / |
| Number of enlarged glands, n (%) | ||||||
| 0 | 0/17 | 1/17 | 1.000 | 0/16 | 0/16 | / |
| 1 | 14/17 | 16/17 | 0.601 | 2/16 | 1/16 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 3/17 | 0/17 | .227 | 0/16 | 4/16 | .101 |
| 3 | 0/17 | 0/17 | / | 6/16 | 6/16 | 1.000 |
| 4 | 0/17 | 0/17 | / | 8/16 | 4/16 | .273 |
| Total number of glands | 20 | 16 | / | 52 | 47 | / |
Note: Data are percentages and numbers. PHPT: primary hyperparathyroidism; SHPT: secondary hyperparathyroidism; USG: ultrasonography; MIBI: 99mTc sestamibi scintigraphy.
Note: Bold Numbers mean statistically significant, P < 0.05