Detection of Thyroid Metastasis of Renal Transitional Cell Carcinoma Using FDG PET/CT

Yong-Il Kim; Jong Jin Lee; Jin Ho Paik; Yu Kyeong Kim; Sang Eun Kim

doi:10.1007/s13139-011-0079-7

Detection of Thyroid Metastasis of Renal Transitional Cell Carcinoma Using FDG PET/CT

Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2011 Jun;45(2):149-51. doi: 10.1007/s13139-011-0079-7. Epub 2011 Mar 22.

Authors

Yong-Il Kim¹, Jong Jin Lee², Jin Ho Paik³, Yu Kyeong Kim¹, Sang Eun Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 86 Asanbyungwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736 Korea.
³ Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man who was diagnosed with renal transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) for detecting recurrence after chemotherapy. FDG PET/CT revealed multiple new hypermetabolic lesions in many places, including the right thyroid gland. Biopsy of the thyroid lesion was performed, and a diagnosis of metastatic TCC was made. We could detect thyroid metastasis of renal TCC by FDG PET/CT.

Keywords: FDG; Metastasis; PET/CT; Renal transitional cell carcinoma; Thyroid.