Brain-Only Metastases Seen on FDG PET as First Relapse of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Two Years Post-Thyroidectomy
| Autor: | Saif Al-Thaqfi, Sleiman Y. Naddaf, Ghulam Syed, Abdulrahman Hadb |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Oncology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Papillary thyroid cancer Thyroid carcinoma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Thyroid Neoplasms Total thyroidectomy Brain Neoplasms business.industry Carcinoma Thyroidectomy General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Ablation Carcinoma Papillary First relapse Thyroid Cancer Papillary Positron-Emission Tomography 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Radiology Radiopharmaceuticals business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 41:693-694 |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/rlu.0000000000001305 |
| Popis: | We report a case of a 60-year-old man diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer who had a relapse seen only in the brain at FDG PET on standard images. Total thyroidectomy was performed in July 2013 after initial diagnosis. Patient received I ablation in December 2013, followed by external beam radiotherapy to the neck. In September 2015, the patient presented with neurological symptoms. Brain MRI showed multiple brain metastases later confirmed on histopathology. An FDG PET/CT scan was performed to evaluate the whole body in November 2015. Multiple hypermetabolic lesions were identified in the brain with no other lesion up to mid thighs. |
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