A thyroid incidentaloma detected by 18F-choline PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;39(4):e267-9. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182817d78.

Abstract

We report a case of thyroid incidentaloma detected by 18F-choline PET/CT. A 66-year-old male patient with a history of prostate cancer underwent a 18F-choline PET/CT for restaging. PET/CT revealed a focal area of increased 18F-choline uptake corresponding to a hypodense nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid. Based on PET/CT findings, the patient underwent a ultrasonography guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy which demonstrated the presence of a benign thyroid nodule.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • fluoromethylcholine
  • Choline