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Utilizing 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging and Quantitative Histology to Measure Dynamic Changes in the Glucose Metabolism in Mouse Models of Lung Cancer
Published on: July 21, 2018
Demonstration of thyroidal metastasis from lung cancer by F-18 FDG PET scan
Richard T Jackson1, Partha Sinha, Gary R Conrad
1Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0293, USA.
Abstract:
A case is presented of detection of a secondary thyroid cancer arising from a pulmonary adenocarcinoma by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). The need to investigate thyroidal hypermetabolic foci detected incidentally on PET scans is well established so as not to miss a primary thyroid cancer. However, as our case illustrates, the possibility of metastatic thyroid cancer, even though less common, should be considered.
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