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Diffuse and diffuse-plus-focal uptake in the thyroid gland identified by using fdg-pet: prevalence of thyroid cancer and hashimo
Sat, 08/18/2007 - 05:48Abstract
Objective To investigate and evaluate the prevalence of incidental thyroid diffuse and diffuse-plus-focal fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG) uptake in healthy subjects who underwent cancer screening on positron emission tomography (PET) scan, and also to evaluate
the prevalence of thyroid cancer and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Methods We carried out a retrospective review of 1626 subjects who underwent PET scanning at our institution. Diffuse uptake was defined
