Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Incidental thyroid lesions detected by FDG-PET/CT: prevalence and risk of thyroid cancer | World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMed Central Research Incidental thyroid lesions detected by FDG-PET CT prevalence and risk of thyroid cancer Ja Seong Bae1 Byung Joo Chae1 Woo Chan Park1 Jeong Soo Kim1 Sung Hoon Kim2 Sang Seol Jung1 and Byung Joo Song 1 Address Department of Surgery The Catholic University of Korea Seoul Korea and - Department of Nuclear medicine The Catholic University of Korea Seoul Korea Email Ja Seong Bae - drbae@ Byung Joo Chae - bjchae@ Woo Chan Park - wcpark@ Jeong Soo Kim - drbreast@ Sung Hoon Kim - sghnk@ Sang Seol Jung - ssjung@ Byung Joo Song - bjsong@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 10 August 2009 Received 9 June 2009 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 63 doi l477-78l 9-7-63 Accepted 10 August 2009 This article is available from http content 7 l 63 2009 Bae et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Incidentally found thyroid lesions are frequently detected in patients undergoing FDG-PET CT. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of incidentally found thyroid lesions in patients undergoing FDG-PET CT and determine the risk for thyroid cancer. Methods FDG-PET CT was performed on 3 379 patients for evaluation of suspected or known cancer or cancer screening without any history of thyroid cancer between November 2003 and December 2005. Medical records related to the FDG-PET CT findings including maximum SUV SUVmax and pattern of FDG uptake US findings FNA histopathology received by operation were reviewed retrospectively. .
