INTERESTING IMAGE
Laryngeal Giant Cell Tumor Mimicking Thyroid Cancer
Demonstrated by PET/CT
Chih-Yung Chang, MD,* Li-Fan Lin, MD,* Yaoh-Shiang Lin, MD,† Yi-Jen Peng, MD,‡
Wen-Sheng Huang, MD,* and Shiou-Chi Cherng, MD*
Abstract: A 53-year-old man was referred for combined F-18
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/
computed tomography (CT) imaging to evaluate a protruding mass
in the right anterior neck. PET/CT images showed a level III nodular
lesion with intense FDG uptake in the above-mentioned region.
Surgical excision was performed under the impression of thyroid
cancer. Histopathologic evaluation, however, revealed a giant cell
tumor of thyroid cartilage.
Key Words: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, positron emission
tomography/computed tomography, giant cell tumor, thyroid
cartilage
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Received for publication October 29, 2006; revision accepted January 24, 2007.
From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, †Otorhinolaryngology-Head &
Neck Surgery, and ‡Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National
Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Reprints: Dr. Shiou-Chi Cherng, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-
Service General Hospital, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei 114,
Taiwan, Republic of China. E-mail: scc9130@yahoo.com.tw.
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