Title of article
18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of tumor thrombus from anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in a young boy
Author/Authors
D’Souza, Maria M. Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, MIRC, Delhi , Jaimini, Abhinav Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, Delhi , Sharma, Rajnish Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, Delhi , Tripathi, Madhavi Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, Delhi , Singh, Dinesh Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, India , Pandey, Santosh Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, India , Mondal, Anupam Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences - MIRC - Division of PET Imaging, India
From page
52
To page
56
Abstract
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is an uncommon, highly aggressive malignancy usually presenting in the elderly. An eighteen year old boy was recently diagnosed as anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid. PET/CECT scan performed for staging, revealed a large FDG avid heterogeneously enhancing thyroid mass with bilateral jugular venous thrombosis, which also showed increased FDG uptake, thus pointing towards tumor thrombus. To our knowledge, this is the first case wherein the PET/CT diagnosis of tumor thrombosis from anaplastic thyroid carcinoma was made in a young patient
Keywords
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma , PET , CT , Tumor thrombosis
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Record number
2572372
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