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Poorly differentiated thyroid cancers are very rare. Due to its aggressive growth and subsequent significantly elevated glucose utilization, several case reports have shown FDG-PET/CT’s ability to detect both primary and metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer
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Gavane, S., Schoder, H. (2014). Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Cistaro, A. (eds) Atlas of PET/CT in Pediatric Patients. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5358-8_14
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