title: Huge thyroid uptake of 18F-FDG in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis referred for a malignant thyroid lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Endocrinology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 9-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Isozaki
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Kiyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18