Clinical significance of thyroid uptake on F18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Liu, Yiyan ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Incidentaloma; Thyroid; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENTALOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS; WHOLE BODY PET; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 60349086616     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0198-0     Document Type: Review

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