title: Demonstration of thyroidal metastasis from lung cancer by F-18 FDG PET scan.
abstract: A case is presented of detection of a secondary thyroid cancer arising from a pulmonary adenocarcinoma by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). The need to investigate thyroidal hypermetabolic foci detected incidentally on PET scans is well established so as not to miss a primary thyroid cancer. However, as our case illustrates, the possibility of metastatic thyroid cancer, even though less common, should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0293, USA.
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Conrad
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18