The Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Prognostication, Diagnosis, and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma

<table>A 70-year-old lady underwent 18F-FDG PET for staging of a rectal carcinoma. A focal right thyroid hypermetabolic uptake (with a SUVmax of 5.9) was detected. This was later confirmed as papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) on cytology. A total thyroidectomy was performed revealing a 1.3 cm tall cell variant of PTC with central compartment lymph nodes metastases (pT1N1a).</table>

Journal of Thyroid Research

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Figure 1: The Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Prognostication, Diagnosis, and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma 