Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Preoperative Assessment of Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules
Author(s) -
Fernando Moreno Sebastianes,
Juliano J. Cerci,
Patrícia H. Zai,
José Soares,
Lilian K. Chibana,
Eduardo Tomimori,
R. Y. A. Camargo,
Marisa Izaki,
Maria Clementina Pinto Giorgi,
José ElufNeto,
José Cláudio Meneghetti,
Maria Adelaide Albergaria Pereira
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-1043
Subject(s) - indeterminate , thyroid nodules , medicine , positron emission tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , radiology , biopsy , nuclear medicine , positron emission , thyroid , mathematics , pure mathematics
The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules with indeterminate fine-needle aspiration biopsy results.
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