F-18 FDG PET/CT demonstration of an adrenal metastasis in a patient with anaplastic thyroid cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2007 Jan;32(1):13-5. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000249591.51354.3e.

Abstract

An adrenal metastasis was identified on an F-18 FDG PET/CT scan in a patient with anaplastic thyroid cancer. There are very few reports of thyroid cancer, even anaplastic thyroid cancer, metastasizing to the adrenal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18