title: FDG PET/CT of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
abstract: Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thyroid gland is very rare and difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Hereby we describe a case of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thyroid that showed intense FDG activity on PET/CT in a 61-year-old woman who had partial thyroidectomy 5 years ago for a suspicious thyroid nodule that was diagnosed as neurofibroma pathologically.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Ultrasound, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China.
authors.forename: Li-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiang-Liu
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: OuYang
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18