DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS AND MALIGNANCY RATE OF THYROID INCIDENTALOMA DETECTED BY FDG-PET/CT IN ONCOLOGY PATIENTS

Keskin H., Ozturk I., Cadirci K., Musayeva A., Solak H. M., Uslu H. S.

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.37, no.6, pp.3153-3157, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.19193/0393-6384_2021_6_496
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.3153-3157
  • Keywords: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, positron emission tomography-computed tomography, maximum standardized uptake value, thyroid incidentaloma, oncology patients, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, RISK
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background and aim: Thyroid incidentaloma has increased consequently with increasing frequency of utilization of the radiological imaging methods in clinical applications. According to common belief, these nodules are mostly benign, and it is not cost-effective to investigate these lesions because it causes excessive cost and labor losses. We aimed to investigate the frequency of thyroid incidentaloma and the malignancy rate in FDG-PET/CT imaging among oncology patients.