From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Khaitan, Kuwait.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jack Brignall PET/CT Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, United Kingdom.
Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):43-44. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003351.
Metastatic involvement of the thyroid cartilage is rare due to the absence of vessels within the cartilaginous tissue. We present the case of a 65-year-old woman recently diagnosed with breast cancer referred for skeletal staging with F-NaF PET/CT. She was found to have multiple osteoblastic metastases along with thyroid cartilage metastasis. Rare thyroid cartilage metastasis on F-NaF PET/CT may have prognostic significance in cancer patients.
由于软骨组织内没有血管，甲状腺软骨的转移较为罕见。我们报告了一例 65 岁女性，近期诊断为乳腺癌，因骨骼分期行 F-NaF PET/CT 检查。结果发现患者存在多处成骨性转移，同时伴有甲状腺软骨转移。在 F-NaF PET/CT 上，罕见的甲状腺软骨转移可能对癌症患者具有预后意义。
