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What is Investigation of choice in parathyroid pathology is – and explain in detail?
Presently, Tc - 99m sestamibi is the best available agent for parathyroid scanning. Therefore, Technetium - sestamibi (Tc - 99m MIBI) is the investigation of choice in the localization of parathyroid tumor.
Tc - 99m thallium subtraction scan is the second choice.