Kim Connie E, Joyce Judith M, Patel Nimish, Lichter James
Nuclear Medicine Section, Departments of Radiology, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Clin Nucl Med. 2003 Sep;28(9):782-3. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000082675.64816.22.
Use of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG PET) in patients with known thyroid cancer is well documented, but the role of this imaging modality in the initial workup of a thyroid nodule has not been defined. The incidental finding of a hypermetabolic focus in the thyroid on F-18 FDG PET in patients with a variety of primary malignancies is reported. Based on the authors' literature search, this is the first documented case of a thyroid cancer resulting from papillary carcinoma detected in a patient with a history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
