title: Rare Thyroid Cartilage and Diaphragm Metastases from Lung Cancer Visualized on F-18 FDG-PET/CT Imaging.
abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has evolved as a useful imaging modality in the assessment of a variety of cancers, especially for tumor staging and post treatment monitoring. It provides metabolic information. Although, when used alone, relative lack of anatomic landmarks, is a major limitation of PET imaging, this limitation of PET imaging is overcome by the availability of integrated PET/CT imaging. PET and CT images are acquired in one procedure, yielding fused anatomical and functional data sets. Studies with integrated PET/CT imaging have shown promising results. In this case, we present an interesting integrated PET/CT imaging in a lung cancer patient with rare, diaphragm and thyroid cartilage metastases.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Selçuk University, Selçuklu Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Selçuklu, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pelin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ozcan Kara
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kara Gedik
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sarı
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozbek
keywords: PET/CT; Lung cancer; Diaphragm metastasis; Thyroid cartilage metastasis