Solitary Asymptomatic Thyroid Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detected by FDG-PET/CT

Solitary Asymptomatic Thyroid Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detected by FDG-PET/CT

Thyroid metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) seldom occur and are often difficult to diagnose because of their asymptomatic clinical course. We evaluated a very rare case of solitary thyroid metastasis from HCC that showed high uptake of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), when imaged us...

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Main Authors: Takeo Toshima, Akinobu Taketomi, Ken Shirabe, Kazuki Takeishi, Takashi Motomura, Youhei Mano, Kazutoyo Morita, Takasuke Fukuhara, Keishi Sugimachi, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Koichiro Abe, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Yoshihiko Maehara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Thyroid metastasis
Hepatocellular carcinoma
FDG-PET/CT
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/318858

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