Diffuse and diffuse-plus-focal uptake in the thyroid gland identified by using FDG-PET: prevalence of thyroid cancer and Hashimoto's thyroiditis

The prevalence and clinical significance

The prevalence and clinical significance of 18F–2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake in the thyroid gland on PET or PET-CT in patients with lymphoma

✍ Michael Lin; Christine Wong; Peter Lin; Ivan Ho Shon; Ramesh Cuganesan; Seu Som 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 807 KB

F 18 -2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has become a well established tool in staging and assessing therapy response in lymphoma. Incidental thyroid uptake on PET is not uncommon and can pose a diagnostic and management challenge. We retrospectively evaluate the pre