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ea0031p356 | Thyroid | SFEBES2013

Thyroid incidentaloma incidence and malignant prevalence in F-18-FDG-PET/CT imaging

Gorrigan Rebecca , Goddard Ian , Druce Maralyn

Background: Thyroid incidentaloma (TI) is an unsuspected, asymptomatic thyroid lesion discovered on an imaging study performed for unrelated purposes. Reported incidence during 2-(18)(F) fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) varies from 0.2 to 8.9%, with a quoted thyroid malignancy prevalence of 8-64%.Method: We reviewed all 18F-FDG-PET/CT scans performed in our institution over 52 mon...