Renal cell carcinoma presenting as isolated thyroid metastasis 13 years after radical nephrectomy, detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 818-819

  Manohar, Kuruva ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant Rai ^a   Kashyap, Raghava ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Singh, Baljinder ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; PET CT; renal cell carcinoma; thyroid metastasis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID METASTASIS; THYROIDECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957349224     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181ef0b05     Document Type: Article

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