False-positive F-18 FDG PET/CT from foreign body reaction on anterior chest wall after endoscopic total thyroidectomy via axillo-breast approach for thyroid cancer: two case reports

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Nov;36(11):1036-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31821c99f5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Axilla / diagnostic imaging
  • Axilla / surgery*
  • Breast / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast / surgery
  • Endoscopy
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Thoracic Wall / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thyroidectomy / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18