Role of [18F]FDG-PET/CT in the detection of occult recurrent medullary thyroid cancer

201038 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Evangelia Skoura · Evangelismos Hospital

Phivi Rondogianni

Maria Alevizaki · Alexandra Hospital

Marinella Tzanela · Evangelismos Hospital

Stylianos Tsagarakis · Centro poliklinika

George Piaditis · General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas

G. Tolis · Hippocration General Hospital

Abstract

[(18)F]FDG-PET/CT seems to be valuable for the detection of recurrence in patients with highly elevated calcitonin levels and negative conventional imaging findings. In addition, it seems that the sensitivity of [(18)F]FDG-PET/CT may be higher in patients with sporadic or familial MTC than in patients with MTC as part of multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA syndrome.

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volume 31, Issue 6, pp. 567-575

DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0b013e3283384587

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