Imaging in thyroid cancer.
No ideal imaging method is available for the diagnosis of MTC. Once the diagnosis is suspected, serum calcitonin or CEA may help to confirm it. Often, multiple studies are done, especially a combination of MR imaging or ultrasound and an isotopic method. Tc(V)DMSA is an excellent agent but not readily available in the United States. Indium-labeled pentreotide is probably the imaging agent of choice in the United States.
Galloway
R J
RJ
Division of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC, USA.
Smallridge
R C
RC
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium