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, cilt.37, sa.6, ss.3153-3157, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.19193/0393-6384_2021_6_496
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3153-3157
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, positron emission tomography-computed tomography, maximum standardized uptake value, thyroid incidentaloma, oncology patients, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, RISK
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.