High FDG and low FLT uptake in a thyroid papillary carcinoma incidentally discovered by FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 607-608

  Nakajo, Masatoyo ^a,b   Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Kajiya, Yoriko ^b   Jinguji, Megumi ^b   Mori, Shinichiro ^b   Aridome, Kuniaki ^b   Suenaga, Toyokuni ^b   Tanaka, Sadao ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nanpuh Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; FLT; incidentaloma; papillary thyroid carcinoma; thyroid

Indexed keywords

3' FLUOROTHYMIDINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG LOBE; MALE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861432920     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318252d80f     Document Type: Article

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