Contemporary Imaging for Thyroid Cancer - 15/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.soc.2007.03.009
Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH a, David W. Cheng, MD, PhD b, c, Robert Udelsman, MD, MBA, FACS a, ⁎ 
a Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 333 Cedar Street FMB 102, Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA
b Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA
c Yale Nuclear Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 333 Cedar Street, Box 208042, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA
Corresponding author.Abstract |
Thyroid nodules are extremely common in the adult population of the United States, and the incidence of thyroid cancer continues to increase. Preoperative ultrasonography is a crucial component of the work up of thyroid nodules. Recent studies evaluating 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron-emission-tomography, with or without simultaneous computed tomography imaging, are encouraging for its potential utility in thyroid cancer in patients who have an elevated serum thyroglobulin level and a negative 131I scan.
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Vol 16 - N° 2
P. 431-445 - avril 2007 Retour au numéro
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