title: Focal thyroid incidentaloma on whole body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in known cancer patients: A case-based discussion with a series of three examples.
abstract: The importance, imaging characteristics and outcome of focal thyroid incidentaloma on fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) have been illustrated in this report. This is drawn from a series of three case examples of proven malignancy at different locations, with three different thyroid cytopathological diagnoses. Subsequently, a case-based discussion on present consensus of the management of this entity has been undertaken including certain specific aspects of PET-CT interpretation and its role in this setting.
authors.forename: Mangala
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Targe
authors.affiliation: Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000378:metabolism; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18