… What is the role of the nuclear medicine practitioner in evaluating thyroid nodules? First, he
or she should determine whether scintigraphic imaging is indicated or likely to be productive. …

… Education articles on benign thyroid disorders deals with nodular goiter, hypothyroidism, …
in nuclear medicine dealing with the clinical management of patients with benign thyroid …

… thyroid nodules on non–FDG PET nuclear medicine studies that are worked up with pathologic
analysis are extremely rare. When detected, the thyroid nodules are … of thyroid nodules at …

… of thyroid regional function and, therefore, the detection of areas of autonomously functioning
thyroid nodules. … of thyroid diseases, including: single thyroid nodules with a suppressed …

… There is no cvi dence that radiation-associated thyroid cancer is any … thyroid nodules may
commonly occur in the thyroid by two processes. Benign monoclonal or oligo clonal thyroid …

… benign and malignant thyroid nodules based on sonographic … thyroid nodule (ITN), identified
on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or nuclear medicine …

… : thyroid ultrasound for assessing thyroid nodule morphology … for assessing a hyperfunctioning
nodule. Risk stratification … Incidental thyroid nodules at nonFDG PET nuclear medicine …

… of thyroid cancer. Rapid growth of a thyroid nodule may suggest the presence of a thyroid
cancer, although it may also occur from hemorrhage into a benign thyroid nodule or cyst. …

… D, Hypoechoic nodule with infiltrative margins and suspicious extrathyroidal … nodule with
microcalcifications and irregular margins. The yellow arrowheads indicate the thyroid nodule in …

… Thyroid nodules can grow irrespective of whether they are benign or … nodules is accepted,
the rate of growth of thyroid nodules may help to differentiate benign from malignant nodules. …