Thyroid incidentaloma identified by ¹⁸F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with CT (FDG‐PET/CT): clinical and pathological relevance

Abstract

The presence of focal uptake with high SUV max and euthyroidism correlate with high likelihood of malignancy. Performing a neck US would have to be recommended in all patients with euthyroidism and an incidental FDG-PET/CT focal thyroid uptake. We do not suggest to use FDG-PET/CT as a screening tool for thyroid cancer in the general population, because of both its high cost and low incidence of thyroid incidentaloma at FDG-PET/CT.