Detection of Solitary Axillary Lymph Node Metastases from Hürthle Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT
10.1007/s13139-018-0539-4
- Author:
Meghana PRABHU
1
;
Deepali JAIN
;
Siddhartha Datta GUPTA
;
Chandrasekhar BAL
;
Rakesh KUMAR
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, E-81, Ansari Nagar (East), AIIMS Campus, New Delhi 110029, India. rkphulia@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Axillary lymph node metastasis;
Hürthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid;
18F-FDGPET/CT;
Recurrence
- MeSH:
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography;
Recurrence;
Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroidectomy
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2018;52(5):389-393
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Thyroid carcinoma is the most common neoplasm of endocrine malignancies. Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) constitutes 90% of the thyroid carcinomas, rest being medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). Distant metastases occur in up to 10% of patients with DTC. Metastases to axillary lymph nodes (ALN) are very rare. As per literature, only 25 cases have been reported. We report an unusual case of 47-year-old male with Hürthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid presenting with a solitary axillary lymph node metastasis 17 years after thyroidectomy, along with review of literature.
