A Patient Presented with Extensive Lung Metastases of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Without Any Primary Focus Detected on Total Thyroidectomy
Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases: A Case-Based Guide, Springer International Publishing Ag, ss.187-191, 2018
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-319-78476-2_30
- Yayınevi: Springer International Publishing Ag
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.187-191
- Anahtar Kelimeler: FDG PET/CT, Lung metastasis, Occult differentiated thyroid cancer, Radioiodine
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The most common metastatic sites of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are the lung and bone after lymph nodes. A newly defined type of occult DTC is consistent with metastatic disease without an identified primary malignancy in the thyroid gland after total resection. We present a patient with multiple lung metastases of occult DTC showing mild 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and intense radioiodine uptake without a primary lesion in the thyroid gland.