title: Detection of Thyroid Metastasis of Renal Transitional Cell Carcinoma Using FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 69-year-old man who was diagnosed with renal transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) for detecting recurrence after chemotherapy. FDG PET/CT revealed multiple new hypermetabolic lesions in many places, including the right thyroid gland. Biopsy of the thyroid lesion was performed, and a diagnosis of metastatic TCC was made. We could detect thyroid metastasis of renal TCC by FDG PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Il
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 86 Asanbyungwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736 Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Jin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yu Kyeong
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: FDG; Metastasis; PET/CT; Renal transitional cell carcinoma; Thyroid