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Follicular thyroid adenoma with eggshell calcification presenting as an intensely hypermetabolic lesion on 18 F‐FDG PET/CT
Author(s) -
Lee Sang Kwon,
Rho Byung Hak
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20615
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , radiology , adenoma , thyroid , pathology , nuclear medicine
We report herein a case of follicular thyroid adenoma with an eggshell calcification presenting as an intensely hypermetabolic lesion on combined 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose whole‐body PET and CT ( 18 F‐FDG PET/CT) performed for staging work‐up in a 68‐year‐old woman who had undergone distal gastrectomy with Billroth II anastomosis for early gastric carcinoma. The mass was intensely hypermetabolic (SUV max = 21.3 g/mL) on combined 18 F‐FDG PET/CT, hypoechoic with an interrupted eggshell calcification on gray‐scale ultrasonography (US), and showed intranodular vascularity on power Doppler US. Follicular adenoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a mass with an eggshell calcification on US and intense hypermetabolism on 18 F‐FDG PET/CT. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2010