Clinical value of 11C-methionine positron emission tomography in persistent primary hyperparathyroidism-A case report with a mediastinal parathyroid adenoma

Ectopic parathyroid glands should be suspected when positive sestaMIBI uptake is seen in the mediastinum and other types of imaging (e.g. contrast enhanced CT scan or PET-CT) may confirm the finding of an ectopic parathyroid adenoma. From the present case and previous studies we found 11C-MET-PET/CT valuable in difficult PHPT cases.