Abstract

Focally high uptake of 18F-FDG in the thyroid as an incidental finding occurred in 1.1% of the patients. Malignancy was confirmed or was suspicious in 17/48 (35%) of the patients that had adequate follow-up. There was no significant difference in the SUVmax between benign and malignant nodules.

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MedicineMalignancyStandardized uptake valueThyroid nodulesThyroidRadiologyThyroid carcinomaPositron emission tomographyNodule (geology)HistopathologyFluorodeoxyglucoseEtiologyCarcinomaNuclear medicinePathologyInternal medicine

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2007
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28
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5
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373-381
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Trond Velde Bogsrud, Dimitrios Karantanis, Mark A. Nathan et al. (2007). The value of quantifying 18F-FDG uptake in thyroid nodules found incidentally on whole-body PET–CT. Nuclear Medicine Communications , 28 (5) , 373-381. https://doi.org/10.1097/mnm.0b013e3280964eae

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