title: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid on FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is rare. We present FDG PET/CT findings on 2 male patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid. Elevated FDG activity was visualized on primary thyroid tumor and metastatic lesions on both patients.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine and †Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan, PR China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhanwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jingbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18