Сибирский онкологический журнал (Feb 2016)

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING MODALITIES FOR DETECTION OF LUNG METASTASES IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFRENTIATED THYROID CANCER

  • Т. М. Geliashvili,
  • A. V. Vazhenin,
  • Е. B. Vasilyeva,
  • N. G. Afanasyeva

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 6
pp. 57 – 60

Abstract

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The aim of the study was to comparatively assess the efficacy of various diagnostic imaging modalities in detection of lung metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer. A retrospective analysis of the results of examination of 36 patients was carried out. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/ CT) with [F-18] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was found to have the highest sensitivity for detection of lung metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer (100 %) followed by CT of the chest (95.5 %) and whole body scintigraphy (WBS) with 131I (66.7 %).

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