| Literature DB >> 51661 |
D L Gordon, M C Airan, W Thomas, L H Seidman.
Abstract
The intravenous infusion of methylene blue was investigated as a procedure that would identify parathyroid glands during operation in 17 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. The dye was found to stain all adenomas, most hyperplastic glands and occasionally normal parathyrodi glands. In addition, the frequency of glandular staining was directly related to the size of the gland, although size and histology may have been independent variables. Methylene blue infusion is a safe effective method of localizing abnormal parathyroid glands.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 51661 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800620919
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Surg ISSN: 0007-1323 Impact factor: 6.939