Risk of Malignancy in Thyroid Incidentalomas Detected by 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography: A Systematic Review

KK Soelberg, SJ Bonnema, TH Brix, L Hegedüs - Thyroid, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Background: The expanding use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
(18F-FDG PET) has led to the identification of increasing numbers of patients with an …

Diagnostic and clinical significance of F-18-FDG-PET/CT thyroid incidentalomas

F Bertagna, G Treglia, A Piccardo… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: Thyroid incidentaloma diagnosed by 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron
emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18-FDG-PET/CT) is defined as a thyroid …

Focal thyroid lesions incidentally identified by integrated 18F-FDG PET/CT: clinical significance and improved characterization

JY Choi, KS Lee, HJ Kim, YM Shim… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this retrospective study, we investigated whether the 18F-FDG uptake pattern and CT
findings improved the accuracy over the standardized uptake value (SUV) for differentiating …

The thyroid: review of imaging features and biopsy techniques with radiologic-pathologic correlation

AC Nachiappan, ZA Metwalli, BS Hailey, RA Patel… - Radiographics, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Knowledge of the normal and abnormal imaging appearances of the thyroid gland is
essential for appropriate identification and diagnosis of thyroid lesions. Thyroid nodules are …

Thyroid aspiration cytology: current status

LJ Layfield, ES Cibas, H Gharib… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In the adult population, thyroid nodules are common and are increasingly detected by
ultrasound examination or other scanning techniques. Depending on their size and …

Systematic review: prevalence of malignant incidental thyroid nodules identified on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

P Shie, R Cardarelli, K Sprawls… - Nuclear medicine …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To review current literature and determine the prevalence of malignant incidental
focal hypermetabolic thyroid lesions detected by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron …

FDG-PET detected thyroid incidentalomas: need for further investigation?

C Are, JF Hsu, H Schoder, JP Shah, SM Larson… - Annals of surgical …, 2007 - Springer
Background Incidental thyroid abnormalities are increasingly detected in patients
undergoing PET scans. The aim of this study was to review our experience with the …

[PDF][PDF] Thyroid nodules-stepwise diagnosis and management

SA Polyzos, M Kita, A Avramidis - HORMONES-ATHENS-, 2007 - hormones.gr
AbstrAct thyroid nodules are common in clinical practice. they may be solitary within a
“normal” thyroid gland or dominant within a multinodular goiter. the incidence of thyroid …

Hybrid imaging (SPECT/CT and PET/CT): improving therapeutic decisions

D Delbeke, H Schöder, WH Martin, RL Wahl - Seminars in nuclear …, 2009 - Elsevier
The incremental diagnostic value of integrated positron emission tomography–computed
tomography (PET/CT) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT images …

Evaluation of thyroid FDG uptake incidentally identified on FDG-PET/CT imaging

W Chen, M Parsons, DA Torigian… - Nuclear medicine …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives To characterize the prevalence and malignancy of thyroid 18 F-
flurodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake incidentally identified on FDG-PET/computed tomography …