Prevalence of incidental thyroid malignancy on routine 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT in a large teaching hospital

Prevalence of incidental thyroid malignancy on routine 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT in a large teaching hospital

Abstract Purpose To quantify incidental thyroid pathology including malignancy on routine 18F-FDG PET-CT scans To compare standardised uptake values (SUVmax) in thyroid malignancy subtypes Methods and materials This is a retrospective study of all 18F-FDG PET-CT scans (n = 6179) performed in a teach...

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Main Authors: Shea Roddy, Thomas Biggans, Ahmad K. Raofi, Avinash Kanodia, Thiru Sudarshan, Prasad Guntur Ramkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
Subjects:
Thyroid malignancy
Hybrid imaging
Positron emission tomography computed tomography
18-Fluorodeoxyglucose
Standardised uptake value
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41824-020-00089-5

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