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Combined PET/CT with iodine-124 in diagnosis of spread metastatic thyroid carcinoma: a case report

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Iodine-124 positron emission tomography (PET) is a useful 3D imaging technique for diagnosis and management of thyroid diseases. The difficulty in interpretation of the PET scans with highly selective tracers, such as iodine-124, is the lack of identifiable anatomical structures, so an accurate anatomical localization of foci presenting abnormal uptake is problematic. Consequently, a combined PET/CT scanner can resolve these difficulties by co-registering PET and CT data in a single session allowing a correlation of functional and morphologic imaging. A case is presented where iodine-124 produced by a clinical cyclotron and FDG were used to acquire images with a combined PET/CT scanner for clinical staging. On the basis of the PET/CT exams the treatment of the patient was modified.

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  1. Clinic and Policlinic for Nuclear Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    L. S. Freudenberg, R. Görges, J. Knust, R. Pink, W. Jentzen, W. Brandau & A. Bockisch

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    G. Antoch, J. F. Debatin & J. Stattaus

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Freudenberg, L.S., Antoch, G., Görges, R. et al. Combined PET/CT with iodine-124 in diagnosis of spread metastatic thyroid carcinoma: a case report. Eur Radiol 13 (Suppl 6), L19–L23 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-1884-x

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