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Originally Posted by DPaul
What type of scan did you have? An ultrasound or a sestamibi scan? The sestamibi scan is the better of the two by far but that can even miss damaged parathyroid glands. Normally we have four of them located in our neck - one superior and one inferior on each side. There have been cases of more than four however and they can even be located in the chest which a sestamibi scan would not pick up. A catscan might.
I'm going for my parathyroidectomy on 6 November.
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I had the sestamibi scan. Between this and the additional blood work, the doctor does not believe that my parathyroid glands are damaged. But we will be following up in a few months to be sure.
Good luck with the parathyroidectomy.