Isabella Chiardi1,2*†
Petra Makovac3Andrea Leoncini4†Flavio Forte5
Mario Rotondi1,6†
Pierpaolo Trimboli2,7*†- 1Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- 2Thyroid Unit, Clinic for Endocrinology and Diabetology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland
- 3Service of Surgery, Ospedale Regionale di Mendrisio, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Mendrisio, Switzerland
- 4Clinic for Radiology, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Bellinzona, Switzerland
- 5Urologic Division, Vannini Hospital, Rome, Italy
- 6Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Laboratory for Endocrine Disruptors, Pavia, Italy
- 7Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università Della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
A Correction on
Ultrasound detection of normal parathyroid glands: detection rate, topographic anatomy, and the role of underlying thyroid disease
By Chiardi I, Makovac P, Leoncini A, Forte F, Rotondi M and Trimboli P (2025) Front. Endocrinol. 16:1595940. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1595940
In the published article, there was an error in the Discussion section regarding the citation of the article by Marchand et al. Our article incorrectly referred to “64 intra-thyroid parathyroids” instead of “infra-thyroid.” Accordingly, the authors have removed this citation from the relevant passage (while keeping it elsewhere as it is cited multiple times), since the citation was no longer appropriate.
A correction has been made to the section Discussion, Paragraph 2:
“In our study, PTGs were visible in 51 out of 113 patients, representing a detection rate of 45%. This is lower than detection rates reported in some other studies (2, 3, 6, 7), which may be partially explained by our decision to exclude intra-thyroid PTGs to minimize bias. This exclusion was necessary because differentiating a PTG from thyroid tissue in this region is nearly impossible and would require FNA for confirmation. Table 3 provides a comparison of various studies in literature (2, 3, 6–9), highlighting differences in PTG detection rates, gland sizes, thyroid disorders of patients, and PTG locations.”
The original version of this article has been updated.
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Keywords: US, normal parathyroids, parathyroid detection, parathyroid imaging, neck ultrasound
Citation: Chiardi I, Makovac P, Leoncini A, Forte F, Rotondi M and Trimboli P (2025) Correction: Ultrasound detection of normal parathyroid glands: detection rate, topographic anatomy and the role of underlying thyroid disease. Front. Endocrinol. 16:1664368. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1664368
Received: 11 July 2025; Accepted: 31 July 2025;
Published: 12 August 2025.
Edited and reviewed by:
Jules Zhang-Yin, Vivalia, BelgiumCopyright © 2025 Chiardi, Makovac, Leoncini, Forte, Rotondi and Trimboli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Isabella Chiardi, aXNhYmVsbGFjaGlhcmRpQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==; Pierpaolo Trimboli, cGllcnBhb2xvLnRyaW1ib2xpQHVzaS5jaA==
†ORCID: Isabella Chiardi, orcid.org/0009-0009-2327-1659
Andrea Leoncini, orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-7221
Mario Rotondi, orcid.org/0000-0001-6464-2334
Pierpaolo Trimboli, orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-4937