Detection of neck recurrence in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: Comparison of ultrasound, contrast-enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT using surgical pathology as a reference standard: Ultrasound vs. CT vs. 18F-FDG PET/CT in recurrent thyroid cancer

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2246-2254

  Seo, Young Lan ^a   Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Baek, Sora ^a   Ku, You Jin ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^a   Chung, Eun Jae ^a   Koh, Sung Hye ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Computed Tomography (CT); Recurrence; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867279355     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2470-x     Document Type: Article

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