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- Impact Factor: 1.809**
- H-Index: 6
- ISSN: 2474-1655
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655
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- Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
- Sleep Medicine and Disorders
- Respiratory Medicine
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Abstract
Citation: Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021;6(1):2041.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655.2041
A Rare Case of Ectopic Thyroid from a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patient Diagnosing with 18F-FDG PET/CT
Jia Yang, Zhongkuan Ge, Jin Xu, Xingchen Ding and Man Hu*
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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Abstract:
Ectopic thyroid is an abnormal thyroid gland embryogenesis; the thyroid is not in the normal position of the neck but appears in other parts. About 90% of the ectopic thyroid is located at the base of the tongue. This case showed a mass in the right supraclavicular region, which initially diagnosed as metastatic Lymph Node (LN) on CT and MRI in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient. While, this mass had no FDG uptake through 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging, and it was a finally confirmed as ectopic thyroid tissue pathologically using needle biopsy. We emphasis the important role of 18F-FDG PET/CT for confirming and excluding lymph node metastasis.
Keywords:
Ectopic thyroid; 18F-FDG PET/CT; Lymph node metastasis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Cite the Article:
Yang J, Ge Z, Xu J, Ding X, Hu M. A Rare Case of Ectopic Thyroid from a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patient Diagnosing with 18F-FDG PET/CT. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021; 6: 2041..
