A Case of Thyroid Cancer Detected with Pet Scan
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
;
: 77-79, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-51798
ABSTRACT
Although the utility of FDG-PET scan is usually limited to the follow up of a recurrence follow the resection of primary malignant tumors. Its usefulness may be widen to the diagnosis in some malignant neoplasms; that use mostly glucose their energy sources. Thyroid cancers use glucose for their metabolic activities and incidental focal thyroid uptake shown on FDG-PET scans may be representative of a primary tumor. Therefore, increased focal thyroid uptake shown on whole body FDG-PET scans should not be overlooked even when it is not marked, and prompt further investigation should be done to rule out a possible cancer. We present a case of thyroid cancer, incidentally detected with a PET scan in a 60-year-old-man. We also present a review of the literatures regarding the usefulness of PET scan in thyroid cancer.
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Main subject:
Recurrence
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Thyroid Gland
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Follow-Up Studies
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Diagnosis
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Glucose
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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