F-18-FDG PET/CT of Papillary Carcinoma in a Lateral Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

作者:Sachpekidis Christos*; Dettmer Matthias S; Weidner Sabine; Giger Roland; Wartenberg Jan
来源:Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2017, 42(8): E371-E374.
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001712

摘要

A 69-year-old man presented with bulging of the right oropharyngeal wall, which revealed cytopathologically malignant cells. The man underwent MRI and F-18-FDG PET/CT, which demonstrated a cystic parapharyngeal lesion with an F-18-FDG-avid soft tissue component and right cervical lymph node. The patient was operated on and showed thyroid cancer in normal thyroid tissue, compatible with a papillary thyroid carcinoma in a lateral thyroglossal duct cyst and 2 ipsilateral lymph node metastases. Despite its rarity, papillary thyroid carcinoma in a thyroglossal duct cyst should be kept as one of the differential diagnoses in patients presenting with parapharyngeal cystic lesion.

  • 出版日期2017-8

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