Pleural metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma mimicking mesothelioma

Intern Med. 2014;53(2):163-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1430. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Authors

Jumpei Takeshita¹, Nobuyuki Katakami, Shiro Fujita, Yukihiro Imai

Affiliation

¹ Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Japan.

PMID: 24429460
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1430

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Aged
Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Papillary / drug therapy
Carcinoma, Papillary / secondary*
Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Mesothelioma / diagnosis*
Pleural Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pleural Neoplasms / secondary*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroidectomy / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18