Incidental thyroid uptake on F-18 FDG PET/CT: Correlation with ultrasonography and pathology

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 729-737

  Kang, Bong Joo ^a   Hyun O , Joo ^b   Baik, Jun Hyun ^a   Jung, So Lyung ^a   Park, Young Ha ^a   Chung, Soo Kyo ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FDG; Incidentaloma; PET CT; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350211441     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0299-4     Document Type: Article

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