Deciding on Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Thyroid Incidentalomas in FDG-PET/CT: Should Ultrasonographic Evaluation or FDG Uptake Be in the Foreground?
FDG-PET/CT findings can be used for determining malignancy risk and cutoff values such as 5.5 can be threshold for ordering FNAB. In patients with SUVmax less than 5.5, ultrasonographic risk classification criteria should be used for decision-making.
Authors
- Mehmet Köstek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7259-2461)
Institutions
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Şişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SiSli Etfal Hastanesi Tip Bulteni / The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Hospital
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14744/semb.2025.49140
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.59