Incidental Detection of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Tc-99 m PSMA Imaging in a Case with Negative FNA Result.

Nucl Med Mol Imaging

Nuclear Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Published: August 2023

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a type II transmembrane glycoprotein and is expressed in multiple solid malignant neoplasms. We presented a case of a prostate cancer patient who went through Tc-99 m PSMA SPECT, and multifocal increased radiotracer uptake in the thyroid gland was demonstrated. Despite negative FNA results for malignancy, post-operative histopathologic examination illustrated papillary thyroid carcinoma.

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