Open AccessClinical significance of standardized uptake values in thyroid incidentaloma discovered by F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Sait Sağer,
Betül Vatankulu,
Onur Erdem Şahin,
Ferahnaz Çınaral,
Lebriz Uslu,
Ahmet Baran,
Tülin Öztürk,
Kerim Sönmezoğlu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.187247
Subject(s) - medicine , standardized uptake value , incidentaloma , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , malignancy , thyroid , radiology , fluorodeoxyglucose , nodule (geology) , biopsy , thyroid nodules , pathology , paleontology , biology
While using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT) for other than thyroid disease, an increased frequency of incidentally discovered areas of focally or diffuse increased uptake within the thyroid gland can be seen. We aimed to find the focal thyroid FDG uptake and compare the maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max ) results with cytology and histology results.