Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1382: Increased Pituitary Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Hypothyroidism versus under Recombinant Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Stimulation

Conclusions: The present findings support the hypothesis that pituitary hypermetabolism on 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with DTC undergoing THW is a common physiological response to hypothyroidism. Awareness of this physiological hypermetabolism is important to avoid potential pitfalls in image interpretation.
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