Axillary lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma detected by FDG PET/CT in a thyroglobulin-positive patient with negative whole-body 131I Scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1120-1122

  Elboga, Umut ^a   Kalender, Ebuzer ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Celen, Y Zeki ^a   Aktolun, Cumali ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adnan Saygun Caddesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

131I scan; 18F FDG PET CT; axillary metastasis; lymph node metastasis; metastatic papillary carcinomas; thyroglobulin; thyroid carcinomas

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

CARCINOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84867881673     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318266cce9     Document Type: Article

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